Micah 4:3-4

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.

Micah 4:3-4 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. 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

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "at a distance"
• [b]. Lit "learn"