Míjiāshū 4:9

9 Xiànzaì nǐ wèihé dàshēng kū hào ne . téngtòng zhuāzhù nǐ fǎngfú chǎn nán de fùrén . shì yīn nǐ zhōngjiān méiyǒu jūnwáng ma . nǐde móu shì mièwáng le ma .

Míjiāshū 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 4:9

Now why dost thou cry out aloud?
&c.] Or "cry a cry" ^F23; a vehement one, or set up a most lamentable cry, as if no help or hope were to be had, but as in the most desperate condition: here the prophet represents the Jews as if they were already in captivity, and in the utmost distress, and as they certainly would be; and yet had no reason to despair of deliverance and salvation, since the Messiah would certainly come to them, and his kingdom would be set up among them, The word used has sometimes the notion of friendship and association; hence the Targum renders it,

``now why art thou joined to the people?''

and so Jarchi,

``thou hast no need to seek friends and lovers, the kings of Egypt and Assyria, for help.''

And which sense of the word as approved by Gussetius ^F24. [Is there] no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished?
he it so that they were; as was the case when Zedekiah was taken and carried captive, and his princes, nobles, and counsellors killed; yet God, their King and Counsellor, was with them, to keep and preserve them, counsel, instruct, and comfort them, and at last to deliver and save them; and the King Messiah would be raised up, and sent unto them in due time, who is the Wonderful Counsellor Isaiah had prophesied of: for pangs have taken thee as a worn an in travail;
which is often expressive of great sufferings and sorrows; and yet, as the pangs of a woman in travail do not continue always, but have an end, so would theirs, and therefore there was no reason for despair; and as, when she brings forth her issue, her sorrow is turned into joy, this would be their case.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (er yeyrt hml) "quid vociferabis vociferationem", Pagninus, Montanus. So Vatablus, Drusius.
F24 Ebr. Comment. p. 789.

Míjiāshū 4:9 In-Context

7 Wǒ bì shǐ quètuǐ de wèi yú shèng zhī mín , shǐ gǎn dào yuǎnfāng de wèi qiángshèng zhī mín . Yēhéhuá yào zaì Xīānshān zuò wáng zhìlǐ tāmen , cóng jīn zhídào yǒngyuǎn .

8 Nǐ zhè yáng qún de gāo tái , Xī \'ān chéng ( chéng yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) de shān nǎ , cóng qián de quánbǐng , jiù shì Yēlùsǎlĕng mín ( mín yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) de guó quán , bì guīyǔ nǐ .

9 Xiànzaì nǐ wèihé dàshēng kū hào ne . téngtòng zhuāzhù nǐ fǎngfú chǎn nán de fùrén . shì yīn nǐ zhōngjiān méiyǒu jūnwáng ma . nǐde móu shì mièwáng le ma .

10 Xī \'ān de mín ( mín yuánwén zuò nǚzi ) nǎ , nǐ yào téngtòng qú laó , fǎngfú chǎn nán de fùrén . yīnwei nǐ bì cóng chéng lǐ chūlai , zhù zaì tiānyĕ , dào Bābǐlún qù . zaì nàli yào méng jiĕ jiù , zaì nàli Yēhéhuá bì jiùshú nǐ tuōlí chóudí de shǒu .

11 Xiànzaì yǒu xǔduō guó de mín jùjí gōngjī nǐ , shuō , yuàn Xī \'ān beì diànwū , yuàn wǒmen qīnyǎn jiàn tā zāo bào .