Micah 4:6-13

The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

6 ¹In that day, declares the Lord, ²I will assemble the ³lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted;

7 and the lame I will make ⁴the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and ⁵the Lord will reign over them ⁶in 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? ⁷Is there no king in you? ⁸Has your counselor perished, that ⁹pain seized you like a woman in labor?

10 ¹⁰Writhe and groan, ^[a] O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor, for ¹¹now you shall go out from the city and dwell in the open country; you ¹²shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued; ¹³there the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

11 Now ¹⁴many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and ¹⁵let our eyes gaze upon Zion. ”

12 But ¹⁶they do not know the thoughts of the Lord; they do not understand his plan, that ¹⁷he 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 ¹⁸shall devote^{[b] 19}their gain to the Lord, their wealth to ²⁰the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 4:6-13 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.

Cross References

• 1. 4:6 [ver. 1]
• 2. 4:6 See Ezek. 11:17
• 3. 4:6 Ezek. 34:16; Zeph. 3:19
• 4. 4:7 ch. 2:12; 5:7, 8; Joel 2:32; Zeph. 2:7
• 5. 4:7 Isa. 24:23; [Dan. 7:14; Luke 1:33]
• 6. 4:7 Ps. 2:6; Heb. 12:22
• 7. 4:9 Jer. 8:19
• 8. 4:9 [Isa. 3:3]
• 9. 4:9 Jer. 6:24
• 10. 4:10 [John 16:20, 21]
• 11. 4:10 [ch. 2:13]
• 12. 4:10 Isa. 39:6, 7
• 13. 4:10 See Isa. 44:22, 23
• 14. 4:11 Zech. 12:3
• 15. 4:11 ch. 7:10; Obad. 12
• 16. 4:12 [Isa. 10:7]
• 17. 4:12 [Joel 3:13; Hab. 3:12; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17]
• 18. 4:13 Lev. 27:28
• 19. 4:13 Isa. 23:18
• 20. 4:13 Ps. 97:5

Footnotes

• [a] 4:10 Or 'push'
• [b] 4:13 Hebrew 'devote to destruction'