Micah 4 Footnotes

4:1-5 This passage virtually duplicates Is 2:1-5. Either one prophet borrowed from the other—not an unusual practice, if they were associated in their ministries—or the Lord gave the same message separately to each. The passages are not exactly the same. The major difference is that, whereas Isaiah ended the section with “House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the LORD’s light” (Is 2:5), Micah inserted additional material before ending similarly with “we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever” (Mic 4:5). Isaiah referred to his having disciples (Is 8:16), and perhaps Micah was one of them, amplifying his teacher’s prophecy to encourage devotion to Israel’s “walk,” or its life in covenant with the Lord. The presence of duplicate, or near duplicate, passages in Scripture only strengthens its impact as the word of God; when he speaks, it does not really matter who hears from him and passes on his message to others.