December
21st Micah 4 B. Future glory because of past
promises (The last days)
The
Kingdom coming
1: But in the last days it shall come
to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the
top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall
flow unto it. 2: And many
nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the
LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word
of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3:
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and
they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more. 4: But
they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall
make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. 5: For all people will walk every one
in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for
ever and ever.
Israel will return
6: In that day, saith the LORD, will I
assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her
that I have afflicted; 7: And I
will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong
nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even
for ever. 8: And thou, O tower
of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come,
even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 9: Now why dost thou cry out aloud?
is there no king in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have taken thee
as a woman in travail. 10: Be
in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in
travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in
the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered;
there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. 11: Now also many nations are
gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon
Zion. 12: But they know not the
thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather
them as the sheaves into the floor. 13:
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I
will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I
will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the
whole earth.
Micah
5 (The
first coming of Christ) The Lord’s
Christ of Bethlehem
1: Now gather thyself in troops, O
daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge
of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2:
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of
Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in
Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 3: Therefore will he give them up,
until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant
of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4: And he shall stand and feed in the
strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they
shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 5: And this man shall be the peace,
when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our
palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal
men. 6: And they shall waste
the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances
thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our
land, and when he treadeth within our borders. 7: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people
as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for
man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 8:
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many
people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the
flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in
pieces, and none can deliver. 9:
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies
shall be cut off. 10: And it
shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses
out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: 11: And I will cut off the cities of
thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: 12: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou
shalt have no more soothsayers: 13:
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst
of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. 14: And I will pluck up thy groves
out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. 15: And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the
heathen, such as they have not heard.
Micah
6 C
Present repentance because of past redemption The
Case against Israel
1: Hear ye now what the LORD saith;
Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2: Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's
controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a
controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3: O my people, what have I done unto
thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. 4: For I brought thee up out of the
land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent
before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5:
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam
the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the
righteousness of the LORD. 6:
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God?
shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7: Will the LORD be pleased with
thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my
firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8: He hath shewed thee, O man, what
is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love
mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 9:
The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy
name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. 10: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of
the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? 11: Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with
the bag of deceitful weights? 12:
For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have
spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 13: Therefore also will I make thee
sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. 14: Thou shalt eat, but not be
satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt
take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up
to the sword. 15: Thou shalt
sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not
anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. 16: For the statutes of Omri are
kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels;
that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing:
therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Micah
7 D
Pardoning of sin because of who God is and what he does. Israel
is corrupt
1: Woe is me! for I am as when they
have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is
no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. 2: The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none
upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his
brother with a net. 3: That
they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge
asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so
they wrap it up. 4: The best of
them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of
thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. 5: Trust ye not in a friend, put ye
not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in
thy bosom. 6: For the son
dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the
daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his
own house. 7: Therefore I will
look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear
me. 8: Rejoice not against me,
O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD
shall be a light unto me. 9: I
will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until
he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the
light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 10: Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall
cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold
her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. 11: In the day that thy walls are to
be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. 12: In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria,
and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and
from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 13: Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them
that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
But
the Lord loves Israel
14: Feed thy people with thy rod, the
flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of
Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. 15: According to the days of thy
coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. 16: The nations shall see and be
confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth,
their ears shall be deaf. 17:
They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes
like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall
fear because of thee. 18: Who
is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the
transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for
ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19:
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our
iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20: Thou wilt perform the truth to
Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from
the days of old.
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