Micah 4:4-13

4 ¹but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, ²and no one shall make them afraid, ³for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

5 For ⁴all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but ⁵we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

6 ⁶In that day, declares the LORD, ⁷I will assemble the ⁸lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted;

7 and the lame I will make ⁹the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and ¹⁰the LORD will reign over them ¹¹in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.

8 And you, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, the former dominion shall come, kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 Now why do you cry aloud? ¹²Is there no king in you? ¹³Has your counselor perished, that ¹⁴pain seized you like a woman in labor?

10 ¹⁵Writhe and groan,^[a] O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor, for ¹⁶now you shall go out from the city and dwell in the open country; you ¹⁷shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued; ¹⁸there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

11 Now ¹⁹many nations are assembled against you, saying, "Let her be defiled, and ²⁰let our eyes gaze upon Zion."

12 But ²¹they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that ²²he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.

13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and ²³shall devote^[b]²⁴their gain to the LORD, their wealth to ²⁵the Lord of the whole earth.

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Micah 4:4-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 4

This chapter contains some gracious promises concerning the glory and happiness of the church of Christ in the last days; as of its stability, exaltation, and increase, and of the spread of the Gospel from it, Mic 4:1,2; and of the peace and security of it, and constant profession and exercise of religion in it, Mic 4:3-5; and of the deliverance of it from affliction and distress, and the ample and everlasting kingdom of Christ in it, Mic 4:6-8; and then follow some prophecies more particularly respecting the Jews; as that, though they should be in distress, and be carried captive into Babylon, they should be delivered from thence, Mic 4:9,10; and, though many people should be gathered against them, yet should not be able to prevail over them, but their attempts would issue in their own destruction, Mic 4:11-13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 25

1. See 1 Kings 4:25
2. Isaiah 17:2
3. See Isaiah 1:20
4. [Jeremiah 2:11]
5. [Zechariah 10:12]
6. [ver. 1]
7. See Ezekiel 11:17
8. Ezekiel 34:16; Zephaniah 3:19
9. Micah 2:12; Micah 5:7, 8; Joel 2:32; Zephaniah 2:7
10. Isaiah 24:23; [Daniel 7:14; Luke 1:33]
11. Psalms 2:6; Hebrews 12:22
12. Jeremiah 8:19
13. [Isaiah 3:3]
14. Jeremiah 6:24
15. [John 16:20, 21]
16. [Micah 2:13]
17. Isaiah 39:6, 7
18. See Isaiah 44:22, 23
19. Zechariah 12:3
20. Micah 7:10; Obadiah 12
21. [Isaiah 10:7]
22. [Joel 3:13; Habakkuk 3:12; Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17]
23. Leviticus 27:28
24. Isaiah 23:18
25. Psalms 97:5

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or push
[b]. Hebrew devote to destruction

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