Micah 5:15

15 And my punishment will be effected on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.

Micah 5:15 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 5:15

And I will execute vengeance in anger, and fury upon the
Heathen
Or "nations" ^F15; not the Pagan nations only, but the Papal and Mahometan ones, even all that are enemies to Christ, and his church and people: such as they have not heard;
such terrible judgments, and dreadful expressions of divine wrath and fury, by earthquakes, hailstones as were never known or heard of in the world before; see ( Revelation 16:18-21 ) ; or, "which have not heard" ^F16; the people that have not heard and hearkened to the word of God, to the voice of Christ in the Gospel, but have turned a deaf ear to it, and despised it. So the Targum,

``who have not received the doctrine of the law;''

but it is much more agreeable to understand it of the doctrine of the Gospel disobeyed by men, and therefore justly punished; see ( 2 Thessalonians 1:8 2 Thessalonians 1:9 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mywgh ta) "gentes", Junius & Tremellius.
F16 (wemv al rva) "quae non audierunt", Pagninus, Montanus; "quae non auscultaverint", Junius & Tremellius; "quae non obediverunt", Burkius.

Micah 5:15 In-Context

13 And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you; and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands.

14 I will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send destruction on your images.

15 And my punishment will be effected on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.