Micah 7:16

"“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”"

Key Reflection

For Micah's original audience, this verse likely evoked vivid memories of their exodus from Egypt, a pivotal event where God demonstrated his power and faithfulness by miraculously freeing them from slavery. By comparing the future deliverance to that past experience, Micah underscored God’s consistent commitment to His people, promising similar astonishing interventions in the future.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The nations shall see -God had answered, what He would give to His own people, to see. Micah takes up the word, and says, what effect this sight should have upon the enemies of God and of His people. The world should still continue to be divided between the people of God and their adversaries. Those who are converted pass from the one to the other; but the contrast remains. Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, pass away or become subject to other powers; but the antagonism continues. The nations are they, who, at each time, waste, oppress, are arrayed against, the people of God. When the Gospel came into the world, the whole world was arrayed against it.

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