Micah 4:2-3

2 1Many nations will come and say, "2Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the house of the God of Jacob, That 3He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For 4from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 And He will 5judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords 6into plowshares And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they train for war.

Micah 4:2-3 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 6

  • 1. Zechariah 2:11; Zechariah 14:16
  • 2. Isaiah 2:3; Jeremiah 31:6
  • 3. Ps 25:8, 9, 12; Isaiah 54:13
  • 4. Isaiah 42:1-4; Zechariah 14:8, 9
  • 5. Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 11:3-5
  • 6. Joel 3:10

Footnotes 2

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