10. Arise ye, and depart--not an exhortation to the children of God
to depart out of an ungodly world, as it is often applied; though that
sentiment is a scriptural one. This world is doubtless not our "rest,"
being "polluted" with sin: it is our passage, not our portion; our aim,
not our home
(2Co 6:17;
Heb 13:14).
The imperatives express the certainty of the future event
predicted. "Since such are your doings (compare
Mic 2:7, 8,
&c.), My sentence on you is irrevocable
(Mic 2:4, 5),
however distasteful to you
(Mic 2:6);
ye who have cast out others from their homes and possessions
(Mic 2:2, 8, 9)
must arise, depart, and be cast out of your own
(Mic 2:4, 5):
for this is not your rest"
(Nu 10:33;
De 12:9;
Ps 95:11).
Canaan was designed to be a rest to them after their wilderness
fatigues. But it is to be so no longer. Thus God refutes the people's
self-confidence, as if God were bound to them inseparably. The promise
(Ps 132:14)
is quite consistent with temporary withdrawal of God from Israel for
their sins.
it shall destroy you--The land shall spew you out, because of the
defilements wherewith ye "polluted" it
(Le 18:25, 28;
Jer 3:2;
Eze 36:12-14).
JFB.
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