{"id":52331,"date":"2022-11-07T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T01:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/?p=52331"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:57:26","slug":"a-comeback-for-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/a-comeback-for-the-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"A Comeback for the Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some of the most compelling stories are comeback stories. Whether it\u2019s an injured sports star, an unlikely hero, or overcoming extraordinary odds, you can\u2019t help but cheer. These types of stories are found throughout Scripture, but one you may not be familiar with is in Micah. Let\u2019s follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?productid=77424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Word Biblical Commentary<\/a> through the last passage in Micah to hear how God would bring his people back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-prophetic-liturgy\"><strong>A Prophetic Liturgy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A7-20&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Micah 7:7-20<\/a> is made up of four distinct parts. First is a psalm of trust (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A7-10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 7-10<\/a>) in which the nation speaks of her trust in Yahweh. She understands that she is suffering for her sins (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A9&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 9<\/a>), but her enemies should not gloat over her plight because God will give her victory and they will become like mire in the streets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 10<\/a>). Second is an oracle (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A11-13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 11-13<\/a>) in which a prophet announces that the city walls will be enlarged, exiles will return from north to south and from east to west, but the lands of her enemies will be desolate. Third is a prayer for God to bless Israel and punish her enemies (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A14-17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 14-17<\/a>). Fourth is a hymn praising Yahweh for his forgiveness and devotion to his covenant which he promised his people as far back as the days of Abraham (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A18-20&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 18-20<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation of Micah 7:7\u201320<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trust in Yahweh<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The speaker in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A7-10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 7-10<\/a> says that although society may be corrupt (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A1-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 1-6<\/a>), it will not always be that way. Calamity has come. Jerusalem has fallen (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A8&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">8b<\/a>). Her people sit in the darkness of prison, poverty, or exile. But Yahweh will be a light to her (cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=ps+27%3A1&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps 27:1<\/a>). Now for the first time in Micah we read of the people&#8217;s confession of sin (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A7&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">7a<\/a>), and a willingness to suffer because of it. But there is assurance that God will defend her and give her victory over her enemies. Those who now are taunting Israel by asking, &#8220;Where is your God?&#8221; (cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=ps+42%3A3&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps 42:3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=ps+42%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10<\/a>) will one day become the mire of the streets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 10<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rebuilt and Expanded<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cultic rituals in Israel there was a moment when a priest or prophet stepped forward and gave the congregation an assurance from God that he had heard their petitions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A11-13&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vv 11-13<\/a> seem to be such a prophetic utterance. The walls will be rebuilt; the borders enlarged; the exiles will return and the enemies&#8217; land will be desolate. Some scholars have questioned whether or not the city referred to here is Jerusalem. Eissfeldt, Reicke, and others have argued that the city was Samaria because Jerusalem is not mentioned and there are many North Israelite names, i.e. Carmel, Bashan, and Gilead (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A14&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 14<\/a>), in the passage. The word for wall \u05d2\u05d3\u05d3 generally refers to a stone fence (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=num+22%3A24&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Num 22:24<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=ps+62%3A4&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps 62:4<\/a>). \u05e7\u05d9\u05e8 is more commonly used for city wall. However these arguments do not militate against taking this pericope to be about Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Lord is Our Shepherd<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A14-17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vv 14-17<\/a> are a prayer for God to care for his people like a shepherd and for the subjection of the nations to Yahweh. Israel is God&#8217;s inheritance as a result of the covenant (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A14&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 14<\/a>). Now Israel dwells alone in a forest, abandoned on a lonely mountain top as Micah had predicted (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+3%3A12&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3:12<\/a>). The prayer is for Israel&#8217;s fortunes to be changed. Still using the analogy of sheep, the people pray that they will be restored to the best grazing lands of Bashan and Gilead (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A14&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 14c<\/a>). Then recalling how God led them out of Egypt the people pray to see the wonders again (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A15&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 15<\/a>). What Israel sees as God&#8217;s mighty acts of salvation for her will become acts of terror and fear for the nations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A16&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 16<\/a>, cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=ex+15%3A14-16&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exod 15:14-16<\/a>). They will become speechless and deaf (cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=is+33%3A3&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isa 33:3<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V 17<\/a> prays that &#8220;the nations&#8221; be like snakes, licking dust, and living in underground holes in view of Yahweh&#8217;s awesome display of power. Then it prays that, thus humiliated, they will emerge into God&#8217;s presence with fitting dread. &#8220;Let them fear you&#8221; is a prayer for their humble worship of Yahweh. Their total capitulation before Yahweh has made possible their worship of him (cf. for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=jon+1%3A16&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jonah 1:16<\/a> in relation to the sailors; cf. Wolff 204). Paul speaks of a time when &#8220;every knee shall bow and every tongue confess \u2026&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=phil+2%3A10&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phil 2:10<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>There Is None Like Yahweh<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The last section of this liturgy is a hymn or a doxology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A18-20&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vv 18-20<\/a>). The first line states that God is incomparable and unique. There is a play on Micah&#8217;s name in this statement, for his name means &#8220;who is like Yahweh?&#8221; The congregation believes that its prayers will be answered because it believes that God forgives sins. His anger does not last forever (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A18&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 18<\/a>, cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=ps+30%3A5&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ps 30:5<\/a>). He will get victory over our sins and bury them in the depths of the sea because he will always be true to his covenant promise which he made with Abraham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two words \u05d7\u05e1\u05d3 and \u05d0\u05de\u05ea in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=mic+7%3A20&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">v 20<\/a> are often translated &#8220;grace and truth&#8221; in the OT to refer to God&#8217;s faithfulness to his covenant. The prologue to John&#8217;s Gospel claims that &#8220;the law came through Moses, but grace (\u05d7\u05e1\u05d3) and truth (\u05d0\u05de\u05ea) came through Jesus Christ&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/bible\/?query=jn+1%3A17&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jn 1:17<\/a>). Thus Jesus is the fulfillment of God&#8217;s covenant promise to Abraham and Jacob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Keep Reading the Word Biblical Commentary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WordBiblicalCommentaryBookSetSocial-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WordBiblicalCommentaryBookSetSocial-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WordBiblicalCommentaryBookSetSocial-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WordBiblicalCommentaryBookSetSocial-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WordBiblicalCommentaryBookSetSocial-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?productid=77424\">Word Biblical Commentary<\/a> is one of the highest rated commentary sets at <a href=\"https:\/\/bestcommentaries.com\/topseries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bestcommentaries.com<\/a>. 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Whether it\u2019s an injured sports star, an unlikely hero, or overcoming extraordinary odds, you can\u2019t help but cheer. These types of stories are found throughout Scripture, but one you may not be familiar with is in Micah. 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