Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 7:13

13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate , because of them that dwell therein : for the fruit of their doings .

Heb. And, but well rendred here Notwithstanding, viz. these promises of Restitution, and gathering in the dispersed Jews, &c. which took not place till more than 200 years after they were first made by the Lord to his People accounting thus 133 years from the captivating of Samaria, to the captivating of Jerusalem, 70 years the Babylonish captivity lasted, to which add the years to Darius Hystaspis er'e the Temple was built and the years to Darius Longimanus er'e the City was built and the walls repair'd, 'twill amount to a considerable sum of years.

Of Canaan.

Laid so by Salmaneser, Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar in the ruins of this last 70 years.

The sinful Jews. Which now in Micah's time did, or hereafter shall dwell in it.

In Canaan.

As punishment for their evil doings.

Marginal references: Or, after that it hath been.; Jer, 21.14.