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Micah 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Micah 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Micah 7 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
רָאָה râʼâh H7200 5 see
אֹיֵב ʼôyêb H341 3 hating, adversary
יָם yâm H3220 3 sea, large body of water
מָצוֹר mâtsôwr H4692 2 hemming in, mound
צָפָה tsâphâh H6822 2 lean, peer
יָשָׁר yâshâr H3477 2 straight
רִיב rîyb H7378 2 toss, grapple

How preachers through history handled this text

26 public-domain excerpts on Micah 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 16 Spurgeon 5 Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“When God is about to deliver his people, he stirs up their friends to pray for them. Apply spiritually the prophet's prayer to Christ, to take care of his church, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, and to go before them, while they are here in this world as in a wood, in this world but not of it. God promises in answer to this prayer, he will do that for them which shall be repeating the miracles of former ages. As their sin brought them into bondage, so God's pardoning their sin brought them out. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Micah 7:14–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Assyria — Mic 7:12
  • Egypt — Mic 7:12
  • Euphrates — Mic 7:12
  • Bashan — Mic 7:14
  • Gilead 1 — Mic 7:14
  • Mount Carmel — Mic 7:14

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