Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
perform	תִּתֵּ֤ן ti.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
truth	אֱמֶת֙ 'e.Met	H571	stability · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Jacob	לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב le.ya.'a.Ko	H3290	Jaakob · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
mercy	חֶ֖סֶד Che.sed	H2617	kindness · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Abraham	לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם le.'av.ra.Ham	H85	Abraham · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
sworn	נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ nish.Ba'.ta	H7650	to seven oneself · verb, niphal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
fathers	לַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ la.'a.vo.Tei.nu	H1	father · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
days	מִ֥ימֵי Mi.mei	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
old	קֶֽדֶם Ke.dem	H6924	the front · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 28:13-14 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest,…
Luke 1:72-74 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
Genesis 12:2-3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 17:7-8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God u…
Genesis 22:16-18 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
Genesis 26:3-4 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I…
Deuteronomy 7:8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with…
Psalms 105:8-10 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:14–end

Here is, I. The prophet's prayer to God to take care of his own people, and of their cause and interest, Mic 7:14. When God is about to deliver his people he stirs up their friends to pray for them, and pours out a spirit of grace and supplication, Zac 12:10. And when we see God coming towards us in ways of mercy, we must go forth to meet him by prayer. It is a prophetic prayer, which amounts to a promise of the good prayed for; what God directed his prophet to ask no doubt he designed to give. Now, 1. The people of Israel are here called the flock of God's heritage, for they are the sheep of his hand, the sheep of his pasture, his little flock in the world; and they are his heritage, his po…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:20

perform the truth--the faithful promise. to Jacob . . . Abraham--Thou shalt make good to their posterity the promise made to the patriarchs. God's promises are called "mercy," because they flow slowly from grace; "truth," because they will be surely performed (Luk 1:72-73; Th1 5:24). sworn unto our fathers-- (Psa 105:9-10). The promise to Abraham is in Gen 12:2; to Isaac, in Gen 26:24; to Jacob, in Gen 28:13. This unchangeable promise implied an engagement that the seed of the patriarchs should never perish, and should be restored to their inheritance as often as they turned wholly to God (Deu 30:1-2). Next: Nahum Introduction

Adam Clarke on Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob - The promises which he has made to Jacob and his posterity. Not one of them can ever fall to the ground. "And the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn;" viz., that "in his Seed all the families of the earth should be blessed;" that the Messiah should come from Abraham, through his son Isaac, by Jacob and David; be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of his people Israel. And this promise, and this oath, God has most signally fulfilled by the incarnation of Christ, who was sent to bless us by turning away every one of us from his iniquities; and for this purpose he was delivered for our offenses, and rose again for our justification; and rep…

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Dictionary and topics

Abraham · God’s covenant withGe 15;17:1-22; — God’s covenant withGe 15;17:1-22;
Faithfulness Of God, The · Manifested: In fulfilling his promises — Manifested: In fulfilling his promises
Mercy Of God, The · Described as: Sure — Described as: Sure
Truth Of God, The · Exhibited in his: Fulfilment of his covenant — Exhibited in his: Fulfilment of his covenant

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Micah 7:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:20

Adam Clarke on Micah 7:20

Dictionary and topics

Micah 7:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Micah 7:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 7:20

Adam Clarke on Micah 7:20

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Micah 7:20

John Calvin on Micah 7:20–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Micah 7:18–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Micah 7:18-20

Rashi on Micah 7:20