John Trapp on Micah 1:15
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Micah1:15
Verſe 15. Yet will I bring an heir unto thee,] Or, a Poſſeſſour, who ſhall lay claim to thee, as by right of inheritance. This heir was the Aſſyrian, and thoſe Colonies brought by him into the cities of Iſrael, 2 King. 17.34. Theſe took upon them as heirs and owners of the countrey, till turned out afterwards by Ioſiah King of Judah, 2 King. 23.4, 8. Here is another elegant alluſion, (as this Chapter is full of them) for Mareſhah ſignifieth an Inheritance, or Poſſeſſion. And if it were Mi[illegible: 1 letter]ah's own countrey, (as many think) we may ſee the Prophets integrity, in not bearing with his beſt friends: but taking the ſame liberty to tell them of their ſins, and dangers, that they did to commit the one, and to incurre the other. Phyſician heal thy ſelf, ſaid they to our Saviour, Luke 4.23. that is, thine own countrey, as it is there explained.
He ſhall come unto Adullam, the glory of Iſrael.] Haply ſo called, becauſe David was once there hid and harboured: and the place thereby renowned. Or, becauſe it was a ſtrong-hold, wherein Iſrael gloried and truſted, but in vain: ſith the enemie ſhould come to it, and ſurprize it. Some think poor Adullam is called the glory of Iſrael ironically, and by way of ſcorn. Some read it thus, O glory of Iſrael, (to wit, then loſt and overthrown) and they make it to be a deep ſigh of the Prophet, fet from the bottome of his heart; whereby he witneſſeth that he is greatly ſorry for the ruine of the Iſraelites:Danaeus. that hee might move them alſo to mourn in like manner. This he further preſſeth them to in the next words.
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