Micah 2:7 BSB — MannaFest

Micah 2:7

Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

BSB

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ASV

Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

KJV

O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

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Commentary

4 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1952: “The Holy Spirit—the Need of the Age” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1887)

BROTHERS AND SISTERS, what a stern rebuke to the people of Israel is contained in the title with which the Prophet addressed them—"O you that are named the House of Jacob"! It is as much as to say to them—"You wear the name, but you do not bear the character of Jacob." It is the Old Testament version of the New Testament saying, "You have a name to live and are dead." They gloried that they were the seed of Israel! They vaunted the peculiar privileges which came to them as the descendants of God's honored and chosen servant Jacob!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

What they are threatened with for this sin; God also will choose their delusions, and, (1.) They shall be deprived of the benefit of a faithful ministry. Since they say, Prophesy not, God will take them at their word, and they shall not prophesy to them; their sin shall be their punishment.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2218: “"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1891)

THERE may be some who think they can convert the world by philosophy; that they can renew the heart by eloquence; or that, by some witchcraft of ceremonies, they can regenerate the soul. But we depend wholly and simply and only on the Spirit of God! He, alone, works all our works in us and, in going forth to our holy service, we take with us no strength and we rely upon no power except that of the Spirit of the Most High. When Asher's foot was dipped in oil, no wonder he left a footprint wherever he went!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֶאָמ֣וּר	he.'a.Mur	¿ [is it] said	H559 →
בֵּֽית־	beit-	O house of	H1004 →
יַעֲקֹ֗ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
הֲקָצַר֙	ha.ka.Tzar	¿ is it short	H7114 →
ר֣וּחַ	Ru.ach	[the] spirit of	H7307 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
אֵ֖לֶּה	'E.leh	[are] these	H428 →
מַעֲלָלָ֑יו	ma.'a.la.Lav	deeds his	H4611 →
הֲל֤וֹא	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
דְבָרַ֨י	de.va.Rai	words my	H1697 →
יֵיטִ֔יבוּ	yei.Ti.vu	do they do good	H3190 →
עִ֖ם	'im	with	H5973 →
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר	hai.ya.Shar	the upright [person]	H3477 →
הוֹלֵֽךְ׃	ho.Lekh	walking	H1980 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
leads to
- Revelation 10:9–10
  And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as…
- Ezekiel 3:1–3
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
- Psalms 119:101–103
  I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Job 23:12
  I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Psalms 19:10
  They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Through
Zechariah 4:6
So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 32:7–8
  “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
  The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
- 1 Corinthians 2:4–5
  My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

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PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Micah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Micah