Micah 4:11-13

Listen to 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] 6their 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.

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Cross References 7

  • 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 1

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