Isa 17:3, Mic 7:7 | JFB | STEP | 3. fortress . . . cease —The strongholds shall be pulled down ( Samaria especially: ). remnant of Syria —all that was left after the overthrow by Tiglath-pileser ( ). as the glory of . . . Israel —They shall meet with the same fate as Israel, their ally.

Isaiah 17:3

3. fortress . . . cease—The strongholds shall be pulled down (Samaria especially: Ho 10:14; Mic 1:6; Hab 1:10).

remnant of Syria—all that was left after the overthrow by Tiglath-pileser (2Ki 16:9).

as the glory of . . . Israel—They shall meet with the same fate as Israel, their ally.

Micah 7:7

7. Therefore I will look unto the Lord—as if no one else were before mine eyes. We must not only "look unto the Lord," but also "wait for Him." Having no hope from man (Mic 7:5, 6), Micah speaks in the name of Israel, who herein, taught by chastisement (Mic 7:4) to feel her sin (Mic 7:9), casts herself on the Lord as her only hope," in patient waiting (La 3:26). She did so under the Babylonian captivity; she shall do so again hereafter when the spirit of grace shall be poured on her (Zec 12:10-13).