Micah 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. ”

Micah 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And thou, O tower of the flock - “ ‘Tower of Ader,’ which is interpreted ‘tower of the flock,’ about 1000 paces (a mile) from Bethlehem,” says Jerome who lived there, “and foresignifying (in its...
Micah 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou, O (i) tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even (k) the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. (i) Meaning Je...
Micah 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

tower of the flock. Hebrew tower of 'Eder. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 35:21 . nowhere else). Used here of Bethlehem (compare Genesis 35:19 with Micah 5:2 ); coupled here with "Ophel" in...
Micah 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah still continues the same subject, — that the miserable calamities of the people, or even their ruin, will not prevent God to restore again his Church. Thou tower of the flock, he says,...
Micah 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. O tower of the flock -...
Micah 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And thou, O tower, &c.— And thou, O tower of Eder, O fortress of the daughter of Sion, thy time shall come: and the former dominion shall return, even the kingdom, to the daughter of Jerusalem...
Micah 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. And thou, O tow...
Micah 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

O tower of the flock. — Israel having been compared to a flock, Jerusalem is called its tower, or protection; and in Messiah the ancient dominion shall return to the Holy City. This is a more satis...
Micah 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If, as some have supposed, that the word Migdol-Eder, which we translate Tower, means Bethlehem, and the very place where the Jewish shepherds were keeping their flocks by night, when the angels anno...
Micah 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou, O tower of the flock ,.... The words "Migdal Eder" are left by some untranslated, and think that place to be intended so called, which was near to Bethlehem, Genesis 35:19 ; and perhaps i...
Micah 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. Ver. 8. And thou, O...
Micah 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And thou, O tower of the flock Or, of Eder , as Archbishop Newcome and many others translate the word, considering it as a proper name; a tower in or near Beth-lehem; see Genesis 35:21 . Or, as s...
Micah 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

O tower of the flock: some refer this to that tower Edar, in the neighbourhood of Bethlehem, built there for the shepherds more convenient watching over their flocks. The prophet may possibly allud...
Micah 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Again Turns His Thoughts Towards ‘That Day', That Day When God Will Acts To Restore His People ( Micah 4:6-8 ). In mind here now is not the final day spoken of in Micah 4:3-4 , but the days of...
Micah 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 4:5 . Name] i.e. profession, and in the strength of Jehovah (cf. 1 Samuel 17:45 ; Zechariah 10:12 ; Proverbs 18:10 ). Heathen gods can do nothing for them. Micah 4:...
Micah 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion The blessing of the ingathered ones I. The character of the assembly. 1. The halt. 2. The banished. 3. The afflicted. From this gather th...
Micah 4:8 - 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 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And thou, O tower of the flock, the term being applied to a tower of refuge for flocks in time of danger, here as a fort from which the great King and Shepherd, the Messiah Himself, observes and guar...
Micah 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:7 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 7:18 ; Ephesians 1:21 ; Genesis 35:21 ; Isaiah 10:32 ; Isaiah 5:2 ; Mark 12:1 ; Matthew 21:33 ; Numbers 24:19 ; Obadiah 1:21 ; Psalms 48:12 ; Psalms 4...
Micah 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

O tower — One tower put for the whole city Jerusalem. The strong — hold — Ophel, a strong fort, is likewise put for the whole city. The first dominion — The former dominion; the government (after s...

Micah 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 4:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Micah 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Micah 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes