{"product_id":"2940148937876","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 38: Micheas","description":"THE PROPHECY OF MICHEAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMICHEAS, of Morasti, a little town in the tribe of JUDA, was\u003cbr\u003econtemporary with the prophet ISAIAS: whom he resembles both in his\u003cbr\u003espirit and his style. He is different from the prophet MICHEAS mentioned\u003cbr\u003ein the third book of Kings, chap. 22. For that MICHEAS lived in the days\u003cbr\u003eof king ACHAB, one hundred and fifty years before the time of EZECHIAS,\u003cbr\u003eunder whom this MICHEAS prophesied.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMicheas Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamaria for her sins shall be destroyed by the Assyrians; they shall\u003cbr\u003ealso invade Juda and Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. The word of the Lord, that came to Micheas, the Morasthite, in the\u003cbr\u003edays of Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias, kings of Juda: which he saw\u003cbr\u003econcerning Samaria and Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. Hear, all ye people: and let the earth give ear, and all that is\u003cbr\u003etherein: and let the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord from his\u003cbr\u003eholy temple.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will\u003cbr\u003ecome down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. And the mountains shall be melted under him: and the valleys shall\u003cbr\u003ebe cleft, as wax before the fire, and as waters that run down a steep\u003cbr\u003eplace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. For the wickedness of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the\u003cbr\u003ehouse of Israel. What is the wickedness of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and\u003cbr\u003ewhat are the high places of Juda? are they not Jerusalem?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. And I will make Samaria as a heap of stones in the field when a\u003cbr\u003evineyard is planted: and I will bring down the stones thereof into the\u003cbr\u003evalley, and will lay her foundations bare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. And all her graven things shall be cut in pieces, and all her wages\u003cbr\u003eshall be burnt with fire, and I will bring to destruction all her idols:\u003cbr\u003efor they were gathered together of the hire of a harlot, and unto the\u003cbr\u003ehire of a harlot they shall return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer wages... That is, her donaries or presents offered to her idols: or\u003cbr\u003ethe hire of all her traffic and labour. Ibid. Of the hire of a harlot,\u003cbr\u003eetc... They were gathered together by one idolatrous city, viz.,\u003cbr\u003eSamaria: and they shall be carried away to another idolatrous city,\u003cbr\u003eviz., Ninive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. Therefore will I lament, and howl: I will go stript and naked: I\u003cbr\u003ewill make a wailing like the dragons, and a mourning like the ostriches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. Because her wound is desperate, because it is come even to Juda, it\u003cbr\u003ehath touched the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt hath touched the gate, etc... That is, the destruction of Samaria\u003cbr\u003eshall be followed by the invasion of my people of Juda, and the\u003cbr\u003eAssyrians shall come and lay all waste even to the confines of\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of\u003cbr\u003eDust sprinkle yourselves with dust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeclare ye it not in Geth... Viz., amongst the Philistines, lest they\u003cbr\u003erejoice at your calamity.-Ibid. Weep ye not, etc... Keep in your tears,\u003cbr\u003ethat you may not give your enemies an occasion of insulting over you;\u003cbr\u003ebut in your own houses, or in your house of dust, your earthly\u003cbr\u003ehabitation, sprinkle yourselves with dust, and put on the habit of\u003cbr\u003epenitents. Some take the house of dust (in Hebrew, Aphrah) to be the\u003cbr\u003eproper name of a city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. And pass away, O thou that dwellest in the beautiful place,\u003cbr\u003ecovered with thy shame: she went not forth that dwelleth in the\u003cbr\u003econfines: the house adjoining shall receive mourning from you, which\u003cbr\u003estood by herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThou that dwellest in the Beautiful place, viz., in Samaria. In the\u003cbr\u003eHebrew the Beautiful place is expressed by the word Sapir, which some\u003cbr\u003etake for the proper name of a city.--Ibid. She went not forth, etc...\u003cbr\u003ethat is, they that dwelt in the confines came not forth, but kept\u003cbr\u003ethemselves within, for fear.--Ibid. The house adjoining,etc... Viz.,\u003cbr\u003eJudea and Jerusalem, neighbours to Samaria, and partners in her sins,\u003cbr\u003eshall share also in her mourning and calamity; though they have\u003cbr\u003epretended to stand by themselves, trusting in their strength.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for\u003cbr\u003eevil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is become weak, etc... Jerusalem is become weak unto any good;\u003cbr\u003ebecause she dwells in the bitterness of sin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. A tumult of chariots hath astonished the inhabitants of Lachis: it\u003cbr\u003eis the beginning of sin to the daughter of Sion for in thee were found\u003cbr\u003ethe crimes of Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the beginning, etc... That is, Lachis was the first city of Juda\u003cbr\u003ethat learned from Samaria the worship of idols, and communicated it to\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth:\u003cbr\u003ethe houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTherefore shall she send, etc...","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068007137520,"sku":"2940148937876","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148937876_p0.jpg?v=1763710250","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148937876","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}