Micah 4:3-13

3 And He will ¹judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords ²into 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 ³sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With ⁴no one to make them afraid, For the ⁵mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

5 Though all the peoples walk Each in the ⁶name of his god, As for us, ⁷we will walk In the name of the ⁸LORD our God forever and ever.

6 "In that day," declares the LORD, "I will assemble the ⁹lame And ¹⁰gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted.

7 "I will make the lame a ¹¹remnant And the outcasts a strong nation, And the ¹²LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever *.

8 "As for you, ¹³tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come - Even the ¹⁴former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 "Now, why do you ¹⁵cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your ¹⁶counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

10 "¹⁷Writhe and labor to give birth, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you will ¹⁸go out of the city, Dwell in the field, And go to Babylon. ¹⁹There you will be rescued; ²⁰There the LORD will redeem you From the hand of your enemies.

11 "And now ²¹many nations have been assembled against you Who say, 'Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.'

12 "But they do not ²²know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

13 "Arise and ²³thresh, daughter of Zion, For your horn I will make iron And your hoofs I will make bronze, That you may ²⁴pulverize many peoples, That you may ²⁵devote to the LORD their unjust gain And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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Micah 4:3-13 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. Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 11:3-5
2. Joel 3:10
3. 1 Kings 4:25; Zechariah 3:10
4. Leviticus 26:6; Jeremiah 30:10
5. Isaiah 1:20; Isaiah 40:5
6. 2 Kings 17:29
7. Zechariah 10:12
8. Joshua 24:15; Isaiah 26:8, 13
9. Zephaniah 3:19
10. Psalms 147:2; Ezekiel 34:13, 16; Ezekiel 37:21
11. Micah 5:7, 8; Micah 7:18
12. Isaiah 24:23
13. Psalms 48:3, 12; Psalms 61:3; Micah 2:12
14. Isaiah 1:26; Zechariah 9:10
15. Jeremiah 8:19
16. Isaiah 3:1-3
17. Micah 5:3
18. 2 Kings 20:18; Hosea 2:14
19. Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 45:13; Micah 7:8-12
20. Isaiah 48:20; Isaiah 52:9-12
21. Isaiah 5:25-30; Isaiah 17:12-14
22. Psalms 147:19, 20
23. Isaiah 41:15
24. Jeremiah 51:20-23
25. Isaiah 60:9

Footnotes 5

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