Micah 4:12-13

12 But 1they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that 2he 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 3shall devote[a]4their gain to the LORD, their wealth to 5the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 4:12-13 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 5

  • 1. [Isaiah 10:7]
  • 2. [Joel 3:13; Habakkuk 3:12; Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17]
  • 3. Leviticus 27:28
  • 4. Isaiah 23:18
  • 5. Psalms 97:5

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew devote to destruction
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