Micah 4:1-11

Peaceful Latter Days

1 And it will come about in the ¹last days That the ²mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the ³peoples will stream to it.

2 ⁴Many nations will come and say, "⁵Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the house of the God of Jacob, That ⁶He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For ⁷from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

3 And He will ⁸judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords ⁹into plowshares And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they train for war.

4 Each of them will ¹⁰sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With ¹¹no one to make them afraid, For the ¹²mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

5 Though all the peoples walk Each in the ¹³name of his god, As for us, ¹⁴we will walk In the name of the ¹⁵LORD our God forever and ever.

6 "In that day," declares the LORD, "I will assemble the ¹⁶lame And ¹⁷gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted.

7 "I will make the lame a ¹⁸remnant And the outcasts a strong nation, And the ¹⁹LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever *.

8 "As for you, ²⁰tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come - Even the ²¹former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 "Now, why do you ²²cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your ²³counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

10 "²⁴Writhe and labor to give birth, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you will ²⁵go out of the city, Dwell in the field, And go to Babylon. ²⁶There you will be rescued; ²⁷There the LORD will redeem you From the hand of your enemies.

11 "And now ²⁸many nations have been assembled against you Who say, 'Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.'

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Micah 4:1-11 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 28

1. Isaiah 2:2-4; Daniel 2:28; Daniel 10:14; Hosea 3:5
2. Ezekiel 43:12; Micah 3:12; Zechariah 8:3
3. Psalms 22:27; Psalms 86:9; Jeremiah 3:17
4. Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 14:16
5. Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 31:6
6. Ps 25:8, 9, 12; Isaiah 54:13
7. Isaiah 42:1-4; Zechariah 14:8, 9
8. Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 11:3-5
9. Joel 3:10
10. 1 Kings 4:25; Zechariah 3:10
11. Leviticus 26:6; Jeremiah 30:10
12. Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5
13. 2 Kings 17:29
14. Zechariah 10:12
15. Joshua 24:15; Isaiah 26:8, 13
16. Zephaniah 3:19
17. Psalms 147:2; Ezekiel 34:13, 16; Ezekiel 37:21
18. Micah 5:7, 8; Micah 7:18
19. Isaiah 24:23
20. Psalms 48:3, 12; Psalms 61:3; Micah 2:12
21. Isaiah 1:26; Zechariah 9:10
22. Jeremiah 8:19
23. Isaiah 3:1-3
24. Micah 5:3
25. 2 Kings 20:18; Hosea 2:14
26. Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 45:13; Micah 7:8-12
27. Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 52:9-12
28. Isaiah 5:25-30; Isaiah 17:12-14

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "on"
[b]. Lit "at a distance"
[c]. Lit "learn"
[d]. Heb "Migdal-eder"
[e]. Heb "Ophel of"
[f]. Lit "look on"