SEV Biblia, Chapter 7:10
Y mi enemiga lo verá, y la cubrirá vergí¼enza; la que me decía: ¿Dónde está el SEÑOR tu Dios? Mis ojos la verán; ahora será hollada como lodo de las calles.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Micah 7:10
Verse 10. Then she that is mine enemy] This may refer particularly to the city of Babylon. Shall she be trodden down] Literally fulfilled in the package of that city by the Persians, and its consequent total ruin. It became as mire; its walls, formed of brick kneaded with straw and baked in the sun, becoming exposed to the wet, dissolved, so that a vestige of the city remains not, except a few bricks digged from under the rubbish, several pieces of which now lie before me, and show the perishing materials of which the head of this proud empire was composed.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. Then [she that is] mine enemy shall see [it] , etc.] The Chaldeans and Edomites shall see people of the Jews rising out of their calamities, brought out of the darkness of their captivity in Babylon, and enjoying the light of peace and prosperity in their own land. Some editions of the Targum, and Jarchi and Kimchi, have, in their glosses on this verse and ( Micah 7:9), Rome, of whom they interpret this enemy, as Mr. Pocock observes; and so R. Elias says the Targum is, “then shall Rome see”; by which they mean the Christians, in opposition to the Jews; otherwise it would not be amiss to interpret it of Rome Papal, or antichrist, in opposition to the church of God; seeing the antichristian party will see witnesses of Christ, slain for his sake, rise again, and ascend to heaven, or be brought into a glorious and comfortable state; (see Revelation 11:12); and may be applied to any age of the church, and to any particular saints raised out of a state of darkness and affliction into a prosperous one, in the sight of their enemies, and in spite of them, to their great mortification; (see Psalm 23:4-6); and shame shall cover her which said unto me, where is the Lord thy God ? as the Heathens; the Chaldeans, did to the Jews, ( <19B502> Psalm 115:2); and which must be very cutting to them, as it was to David, ( Psalm 42:10); when they flouting and jeering said, where is thy God thou boastedst of, and didst put thy trust and confidence in, that he would deliver and save thee? what is become of him, and of thy confidence in him? The Targum is, “where art thou that art redeemed by the Word of the Lord thy God?” but when they shall see that the Lord God has returned unto them, and wrought salvation for them, they will be ashamed of their flouts and jeers; and by reason of their sad disappointment, add the change of things for the worse to them, who now will be brought into calamity and distress themselves: mine eyes shall behold her ; the enemy: their fall, as the Targum; being in a most despicable and ruinous condition, under the vengeance of the Almighty; and that with pleasure and satisfaction, not from a private spirit of revenge, but because of the glory of divine justice, which will be displayed in their righteous destruction; (see Psalm 58:10); now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets ; that is, entirely conquered, and utterly destroyed; reduced to, the utmost meanness, and had in the greatest contempt: this was fulfilled when Babylon was taken by the Medea and Persians; and when the Edomites were conquered and brought into subjection to the Jews by the Maccabees; and will be the case of all the enemies of Christ and his church, of all the antichristian states, one day.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-13 - Those truly penitent for sin, will see great reason to be patient unde affliction. When we complain to the Lord of the badness of the times we ought to complain against ourselves for the badness of our hearts We must depend upon God to work deliverance for us in due time. We mus not only look to him, but look for him. In our greatest distresses, we shall see no reason to despair of salvation, if by faith we look to the Lord as the God of our salvation. Though enemies triumph and insult they shall be silenced and put to shame. Though Zion's walls may lon be in ruins, there will come a day when they shall be repaired. Israe shall come from all the remote parts, not turning back for discouragements. Though our enemies may seem to prevail against us, an to rejoice over us, we should not despond. Though cast down, we are no destroyed; we may join hope in God's mercy, with submission to his correction. No hinderances can prevent the favours the Lord intends for his church.
Original Hebrew
ותרא 7200 איבתי 341 ותכסה 3680 בושׁה 955 האמרה 559 אלי 413 איו 346 יהוה 3068 אלהיך 430 עיני 5869 תראינה 7200 בה עתה 6258 תהיה 1961 למרמס 4823 כטיט 2916 חוצות׃ 2351
