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<center><h1>Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary
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on the Whole Bible</h1>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3>Micah</FONT></P>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33001.HTM">Chapter 1</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33002.HTM">Chapter 2</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33003.HTM">Chapter 3</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33004.HTM">Chapter 4</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33005.HTM">Chapter 5</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33006.HTM">Chapter 6</A>
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<LI><A HREF="MHC33007.HTM">Chapter 7</A>
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<P><B>AN</B></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+2>EXPOSITION,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+1>W I T H P R A C T I C A L O B S E R V A T I O N S,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=-1>OF THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=+3><B>M I C A H.</B></FONT>
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W<FONT SIZE=-1>E</FONT>
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shall have some account of this prophet in the first verse of the book
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of his prophecy; and therefore shall here only observe that, being
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contemporary with the prophet Isaiah (only that he began to prophesy a
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little after him), there is a near resemblance between that prophet's
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prophecy and this; and there is a prediction of the advancement and
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establishment of the gospel-church, which both of them have, almost in
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the same words, that out of the mouth of two such witnesses so great a
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word might be established. Compare
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+2:2,3,Mic+4:1,2">Isa. ii. 2, 3, with Mic. iv. 1, 2</A>.
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Isaiah's prophecy is said to be concerning <I>Judah and Jerusalem,</I>
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but Micah's concerning <I>Samaria and Jerusalem;</I> for, though this
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prophecy be dated only by the reigns of the kings of Judah, yet it
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refers to the kingdom of Israel, the approaching ruin of which, in the
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captivity of the ten tribes, he plainly foretels and sadly laments.
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What we find here in writing was but an abstract of the sermons he
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preached during the reigns of three kings. The scope of the whole is,
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I. To convince sinners of their sins, by setting them in order before
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them, charging both Israel and Judah with idolatry, covetousness,
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oppression, contempt of the word of God, and their rulers especially,
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both in church and state, with the abuse of their power; and also by
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showing them the judgments of God ready to break in upon them for their
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sins.
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II. To comfort God's people with promises of mercy and deliverance,
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especially with an assurance of the coming of the Messiah and of the
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grace of the gospel through him. It is remarkable concerning this
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prophecy, and confirms its authority, that we find two quotations out
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of it made publicly upon very solemn occasions, and both referring to
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very great events.
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1. One is a prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mic+3:12"><I>ch.</I> iii. 12</A>),
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which we find quoted in the Old Testament, by <I>the elders of the
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land</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jer+26:17,18">Jer. xxvi. 17, 18</A>),
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in justification of Jeremiah, when he foretold the judgments of God
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coming upon Jerusalem, and to stay the proceedings of the court against
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him. "Micah (say they) foretold that <I>Zion should be ploughed as a
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field,</I> and Hezekiah did not put him to death; why then should we
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punish Jeremiah for saying the same?"
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2. Another is a prediction of the birth of Christ
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mic+5:2"><I>ch.</I> v. 2</A>)
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which we find quoted in the New Testament, by the <I>chief priests and
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scribes of the people,</I> in answer to Herod's enquiry, <I>where
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Christ should be born</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mt+2:5,6">Matt. ii. 5, 6</A>);
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for still we find that to him bear all the prophets witness.</P>
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