Mic 7:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. Rejoice not-- at my fall. when I fall, I shall arise-- ( ; ). when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light-- Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith in His hour of darkness and desertion ( , ). Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes ( , ). "Mine enemy," in Hebrew, is feminine.

‏ Micah 7:8

8. Rejoice not--at my fall.

when I fall, I shall arise--(Psa 37:24; Pr 24:16).

when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light--Israel reasons as her divine representative, Messiah, reasoned by faith in His hour of darkness and desertion (Is 50:7, 8, 10). Israel addresses Babylon, her triumphant foe (or Edom), as a female; the type of her last and worst foes (Psa 137:7, 8). "Mine enemy," in Hebrew, is feminine.