Israel

Micah 7:7-17

Micah · ~700 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. 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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 11 verses are below
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Micah's personal declaration of hope in darkness, a model of faith leading to ultimate vindication.

Read the whole passage — all 11 verses (KJV)

7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

7:8Rejoice 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.

7:9I 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.

7:10Then 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.

7:11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.

7:12In 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.

7:13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

7:14Feed 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.

7:15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

7:16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

7:17They 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.

Fulfillment References

John 8:12 Psalm 27:1

How Traditions Read This Prophecy

Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation.' Though fallen, the faithful one trusts God to arise — 'when I fall, I shall arise... he will bring me forth to the light' — a confidence fulfilled in the Lord Jesus, the God of our salvation, who is Himself the light (John 8:12) and who raises the fallen. The waiting of the prophet is the waiting of all who trust the Saviour.
JewishA confession of trust amid darkness — waiting for the God of salvation who will vindicate, restore, and shepherd His people; light after the fall.
CatholicThe believer's hope in the God of salvation who brings light out of darkness, fulfilled in Christ the Light.
ProtestantTrusting endurance — 'I will look unto the LORD' — and the assurance of rising and light, fulfilled in the salvation of Christ.
AcademicA liturgy of confidence closing Micah; the alternation of lament, trust, and assurance is characteristic of the psalmic tradition.
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