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John Gill's Exposition on Micah 7:20
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, etc.] That is, the promise made to Jacob, the Lord would faithfully perform and make good to his posterity, natural and spiritual, especially to those who are Israelites indeed; [and] the mercy to Abraham; the gracious promises made to him, which sprung from mere grace and mercy; all respecting his natural and spiritual seed; and especially the promise of the coming of the Messiah, that seed of his in which all nations of the earth were to be blessed; and which is the eminent instance of the mercy and grace of God to Jews and Gentiles, that walk in the steps of Abraham; (see <420168>Luke 1:68,72,73); which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old; or the promises both of multiplying the seed of Abraham, and of giving them the land of Canaan, and of the Messiah springing from them, were confirmed by an oath, (<012216>Genesis 22:16-18). The Targum is, “thou wilt give the truth of Jacob to his sons, as thou hast sworn to him in Bethel; the goodness of Abraham to his seed after him, as thou hast sworn to him between the pieces; thou wilt remember to us the binding of Isaac, who was bound upon the altar before thee; thou wilt do with us the good things which thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of old;” which Kimchi interprets of the three fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. FOOTNOTES ft1 -- Onomast. Sacr. p. 14, 466, 494, 542. ft2 -- Deuteronomy Prophet. Vit. & Inter. c. 13. ft3 -- Annales Vet. Test. A. M. 3291. ft4 -- Chronological Tables, cent. 8. ft5 -- Scripture Chronology, p. 662. ft6 -- Deuteronomy Prophet. Vit. & Inter. c. 13. ft7 -- Epitaph. Paulae, tom. 1. operum, fol. 60. A. B. ft8 -- Histor. Eccles. l. 7. c. 29. ft9 -- Juchashin, fol. 12. 1. ft10 -- Prolog. in Mic. ft11 -- Epitaph. Paulae, ut supra. (tom. 1. operum, fol. 60. A. B.) ft12 -- µlk µym[ “populi omnes ipsi”, Montanus, Drusius, Piscator, Tarnovius. ft13 -- So Burkius. ft14 -- halmw “et plenitude ejus”, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius, Cocceius, Burkius. ft15 -- µkb “in vobis”, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius. ft16 -- Kabala Denudata, par. 1. p. 408. ft17 -- bq[y [çp ym “quis est praevaricatio Jacobi?” Deuteronomy Dieu; so Pagninus, Burkius; “quis defectio Jacobi?” Cocceius; “quis scelus Jacobi?” Drusius. ft18 -- hdwhy twmb ym “quis est excelsa Judae?” Montanus, Drusius, Deuteronomy Dieu; “quis cesla Judae?” Cocceius; “quis fuit causa excelsorum Jehudae?” Burkius; so Kimchi. ft19 -- µrk y[jml hdçh y[l “in acervum agri, in plantationem, [vel] plantationes vinae”, Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Cocceius; as Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Burkius. ft20 -- Paschale Chronicon, p. 181. apud Reland. Palestina Illustrata, tom. 2. l. 3. p. 980. ft21 -- Antiqu. l. 13. c. 10. sect. 3. ft22 -- Ibid. l. 14. c. 5. sect. 3. &. l. 15. c. 7. sect. 3. & c. 8. sect. 5. ft23 -- Itinerarium, p. 38. ft24 -- Journey from Aleppo, etc. p. 59. Ed. 7. ft25 -- Universal History, vol. 2. p. 439. ft26 -- In voc. Dothaim, etc. ft27 -- Antiqu. l. 15. c. 8. sect. 5. ft28 -- Epist. 14. Morino apud Antiqu. Eccles. Oriental. p. 166. ft29 -- Deuteronomy Dis Syris Syntagm. 2. c. 7. p. 309. ft30 -- Selecta Sacra, l. 4. c. 8. sect. 117. p. 465. ft31 -- T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 63. 2. Vid. etiam T. Hieros. Avoda Zara, fol. 42. 3, 4. ft32 -- Vid. Godwin’s Moses and Aaron, l. 4. c. 7. ft33 -- Maimon. in Misn. Beracot, c. 8. sect. 11. & Bartenora in ib. c. 7. sect. 1. & in Nidda, c. 4. sect. 1. Shalshelet Hakabala, fol. 15. 2. ft34…
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