Micah 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. ”

Micah 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they His counsel - The pagan did, for their own ends, what God willed for His. The first step was the same; God willed that His peop...
Micah 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But they (m) know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. (m) He shows that the faithful ought not to measure God's...
Micah 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:6 to Micah 5:1 . Exile and Restoration: Israel's Victory over the Nations. The reference to the Babylonian exile ( Micah 4:10 ) shows that the passage is not earlier than the sixth centu...
Micah 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they know not. Compare Isaiah 55:8 ; Jeremiah 29:11 . thoughts . purposes, or plans: i.e. for Israel in purging him of idolatry by his tribulation. counsel: i.e. with regard to themselves. T...
Micah 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Consolation follows, But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, nor understand his counsel: for verbs in the past tense have the meaning of the present. Here the Prophet recalls the attention...
Micah 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord - These think that...
Micah 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord. Their unse...
Micah 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bright Visions of the Future Micah's view of Israel's future, especially in relation to the nations. He believes that God chose Israel to maintain and teach true religion, and that in this lies Is...
Micah 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They know not the thoughts of the Lord. — As a commentary upon this passage, we may compare the message of God with reference to the haughty thoughts of Sennacherib. Then the Lord declared that the...
Micah 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE KING TO COME Micah 4:8 - Micah 5:1-15 WHEN a people has to be purged of long injustice, when some high aim of liberty or of order has to be won, it is remarkable how often the drama of re...
Micah 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Promise of Peace Micah 4:1-13 It is not improbable that Isaiah, Micah 2:1-4 , and Micah quoted an older prophecy, which in its fullness, is yet to be fulfilled. In the millennial age Israe...
Micah 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From this scene of a corrupt people governed by corrupt rulers, the prophet lifts his eyes, and looking into the future sees the day when under true government deliverance will be wrought and the div...
Micah 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Church is and ever must be, upon earth, the envy of the carnal world. But, Reader, what a sweet thought it is for you, for me, for all, that when the enemies of Christ and his redeemed seem to tr...
Micah 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel ,.... Which are very different from theirs: the thoughts and designs of the enemies of Zion, in the times of the Macca...
Micah 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Ver. 12. But they know not the thoughts of the Lord ] Nothi...
Micah 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now also The time is at hand; many nations are gathered against thee This may be understood of the Chaldeans and their associates, who pleased themselves with the thoughts of profaning the temple...
Micah 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments and Mercies. B. C. 726. 8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of...
Micah 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But they, the gathered confederate nations, Zion's enemies, know not, neither discern nor consider, the thoughts of the Lord; the design of the holy, just, gracious, and faithful God, who is the...
Micah 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah Describes The Coming Tribulations of Judah But Gives the Final Assurance That In The End YHWH Will Triumph ( Micah 4:9-13 ). The near future is seen as bleak. Judah and Jerusalem are seen as...
Micah 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 4:9 .] Zion will lose her king, wander into captivity, but will be redeemed from her enemies. King ] Loss of royal government, the cause of lamentation, more painful to Isr...
Micah 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 4:1 . But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peo...
Micah 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 4:1 . In the last days it shall come to pass. In the new times, as in Isaiah 4 ., which Micah had read, and now repeats by the Spirit. In the gospel age the new-testament church, built abov...
Micah 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies The moral regeneration of the world I. The state of mankind requires it. “Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished?” It was m...
Micah 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Micah 4:1-33 § 4. The prophet suddenly announces the future glory of the temple mountain and the ideal happiness of the people Micah 4:1 But . There is no adversative pa...
Micah 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zion Established Throughout the Earth
Micah 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 21:10 ; Isaiah 55:8 ; Jeremiah 29:11 ; Joel 3:12 ; Joel 3:13 ; Luke 3:17 ; Revelation 14:14-20 ; Romans 11:33 ; Romans 11:34 ; Zechariah 14:1-3
Micah 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The thoughts — The design of the holy, just and faithful God. As the sheaves — The husbandman gathers the sheaves into the floor to thresh them; so God in due time will bring his enemies together,...

Micah 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 4:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 4:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 4:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes