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Micah 1:15

Micah 1:15
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah,.... Another city in the tribe of Judah, mentioned with Achzib in Jos 15:44; and by many thought to be the birth place of this prophet;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yet will I bring an heir - (the heir, him whom God had appointed to be the heir, Sennacherib) unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah Mareshah, (as the original form of its name denotes, lay on the summit…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O - Mareshah - Here is another instance, הירש haigeresh, to bring an heir, and מרשה mareshah, the city, the name of which signifies heirship. And so of the above…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Micah 1:8-16

We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom.

I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic 1:8, Mic 1:9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Yet will I bring, &c. Rather, Moreover unto thee will I bring him that shall possess thee (viz. Sargon and his Assyrians). -Mareshah" was near Achzib (Jos 15:44). There is an allusion to its possible…