Micah 4:11-13

11 Now ¹many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and ²let our eyes gaze upon Zion. ”

12 But ³they do not know the thoughts of the Lord; they do not understand his plan, that ⁴he 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 ⁵shall devote^{[a] 6}their gain to the Lord, their wealth to ⁷the Lord of the whole earth.

Micah 4:11-13 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

• 1. 4:11 Zech. 12:3
• 2. 4:11 ch. 7:10; Obad. 12
• 3. 4:12 [Isa. 10:7]
• 4. 4:12 [Joel 3:13; Hab. 3:12; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17]
• 5. 4:13 Lev. 27:28
• 6. 4:13 Isa. 23:18
• 7. 4:13 Ps. 97:5

Footnotes

• [a] 4:13 Hebrew 'devote to destruction'