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Texts -- Micah 1:11 (NET)
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Saphir
[ebd] beautiful, a town of Judah (Micah 1:11), identified with es-Suafir, 5 miles south-east of Ashdod.
[smith] (fair), one of the villages addressed by the prophet Micha, (Micah 1:11) is described by Eusebius and jerome as "in the mountain district between Eleutheropolis and Ascalon," perhaps represented by the village es-Sawafir , se...
[nave] SAPHIR, a city prophesied against by Micah, Mic. 1:11.
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Beth-ezel
[isbe] BETH-EZEL - beth-e'-zel (beth ha-'etsel; oikos echomenous autes; literally, "adjoining house"): A place named along with other cities in the Philistine plain (Mic 1:11). The site has not been identified. By some it is though...
[nave] BETH-EZEL, a town of Judah, Mic. 1:11.
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Zaanan
[ebd] place of flocks, mentioned only in Micah 1:11. It may be identified with Zenan, in the plain country of Judah (Josh. 15:37).
[nave] ZAANAN, called also Zenan. A place of uncertain location, Josh. 15:37; Mic. 1:11.
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Micah
[nave] MICAH 1. An Ephraimite. His robbery and idolatry, Judg. 17:18. 2. Head of a family of Reuben, 1 Chr. 5:5. 3. Called also Micha. Son of Mephibosheth, 2 Sam. 9:12; 1 Chr. 8:34, 35; 9:40, 41. 4. Called also Michah. A Kohathi...
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Nakedness
[nave] NAKEDNESS Gen. 2:25; 3:7, 10, 11; 9:22, 23; Ex. 20:26; Deut. 28:48; 2 Chr. 28:15; Job 1:21; 22:6; 24:7, 10; 26:6; Eccl. 5:15; Isa. 47:3; 57:8; 58:7; Lam. 1:8; 4:21; Ezek. 16:7, 8, 22, 36, 37, 39; 18:7, 16; 23:10, 18, 29; Hos...
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ZENAN
[smith] (pointed), a town in the allotment of Judah, situated in the district of the Shefelah. (Joshua 15:37) It is probably identical with ZAANAN. (Micah 1:11)
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SHAME
[isbe] SHAME - sham (bosh, "to be ashamed," bosheth, "shame," qalon; aischune, "ignominy," atimia, "dishonor," and other words): An oft-recurring word in Scripture almost uniformly bound up with a sense of sin and guilt. It is figu...
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NAMES, PROPER
[isbe] NAMES, PROPER - I. THE FORM OF HEBREW NAMES 1. Various Types 2. Vocalization 3. Transposition of Parts 4. Methods of Abbreviation II. THE RANGE OF PROPER NAMES 1. Personal Names (1) Not Exclusively Descriptive (2) Drawn from...
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SHAPHIR
[isbe] SHAPHIR - sha'-fer (shaphir, "glittering"; kalos; the King James Version Saphir): One of a group of towns mentioned in Mic 1:10-15. From the association with Gath, Achzib (of Judah) and Mareshah, it would seem that the place...
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BETHEZEL
[smith] (neighbor?s house), a place named only in (Micah 1:11) From the context it was doubtless situated in the plain of Philistia.
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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)
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Micah prophesied during the reigns of the Judean kings Jotham (750-732 B.C.), Ahaz (732-715 B.C.), and Hezekiah (715-686 B.C.; 1:1). This made him a late eighth-century contemporary of Isaiah, who also ministered in the South...
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I. Heading 1:1II. The first oracle: Israel's impending judgment and future restoration 1:2-2:13A. The judgment coming on Israel 1:2-7B. Lamentation over the coming judgment 1:8-161. Micah's personal response 1:8-92. Micah's c...
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The prophet used several clever wordplays in this poem to describe the desolation that God would bring on Judah. He selected towns and villages near his own hometown in Judah's Shephelah whose names were similar to the coming...
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Micah identified the sins of the people of Judah, all of which violated the Mosaic Covenant. In view of these transgressions, divine punishment was just.In chapter 1 the sins of the people of both Northern and Southern Kingdo...
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This section is an individual lament similar to many of the psalms (cf. 1:8-16).7:1 Micah bewailed his own disappointment with Israel's situation. He compared himself to Israel's fruit pickers and grape gatherers who felt gre...
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14:1 The Lord announced through His prophet that a day was coming, for His benefit primarily, when the nations that had plundered Israel victoriously would divide their spoil among themselves in Jerusalem. This would be the L...
