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Micah 4:1 open_in_new
in the last days. at the end of the days. Here we are carried forward to. yet future day. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:1, the same phrase. Numbers 24:14). App-92. Compare Isaiah 2:2, &c. Ezekiel 38:8; Ezekiel 38:16; Hosea 3:5
the mountain, &c. Compare Micah 3:12. and see Isaiah 2:2-4. Both prophecies are independent, and complementary (see Psalms 24:3.Ezekiel 28:16; Ezekiel 28:16).
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
established: abidingly: not merely for. time.
people. peoples.
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Micah 4:2 open_in_new
come. go.
Come. Come ye.
the God of Jacob. See notes on Psalms 20:1.
God. Heb Elohim. App-4.
the law. As contained in the Pentateuch. App-92.
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Micah 4:3 open_in_new
He shall judge. He shall rule (Psalms 2:5; Psalms 2:9; Psalms 72:8; Psalms 72:11; Psalms 72:8; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Psalms 110:5; Psalms 110:6; Isaiah 11:3-5; Isaiah 51:6; Matthew 25:31; Matthew 25:32).
plowshares. Compare Isaiah 2:4.Joel 3:10.
pruninghooks: or, scythes.
nation. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one Rabbinic, margin), Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and nation".
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Micah 4:4 open_in_new
sit. dwell.
under, &c. Compare 1 Kings 4:25.Zechariah 3:10.
LORD of hosts. See note on 2 Samuel 1:3.
saith the LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
halteth. is lame.
gather. gather out. Compare Psalms 147:2.Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 37:21.
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Micah 4:7 open_in_new
halted. was lame.
a remnant. Compare Micah 2:12; Micah 5:3; Micah 5:7; Micah 5:8; Micah 7:18.
shall reign. Compare Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 24:23.Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:27; Obadiah 1:21.Luke 1:33.Revelation 11:15.
in mount Zion. Contrast Micah 3:12.Psalms 2:6; Isaiah 24:23.
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Micah 4:8 open_in_new
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 next clause, "David's birth-place" and "David's city".
the stronghold. Hebrew. Ophel. See App-68 and App-54, line 21, "citadel", p. 78. See note on 2 Chronicles 27:3.
first. former. For this rendering compare Exodus 34:1 (tables). Numbers 21:26 (kings). Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 10:10, &c. (days). 2 Chronicles 9:29. 2Ch 16:11. 2 Chronicles 20:34 (acts).
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Micah 4:9 open_in_new
why dost thou Cry. ? This refers to the birth-pangs of the new nation which will be brought forth in that day and at that time. Compare Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3, &c.
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Micah 4:10 open_in_new
now. mean-while: i.e. before that day. Compare Micah 4:11 and Micah 5:1.
even to. as far as. Compare Isaiah 39:7; Isaiah 43:14.
Babylon. May "not have been on Micah's political horizon", but it was on Jehovah's. Compare Amos 5:25-27; Acts 7:42; Acts 7:43.
there... there. Note the repetition for emphasis: i.e. there and then in that future day.
redeem. redeem [as. kinsman]. Hebrew. ga'al. See note on Exodus 6:6.
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Micah 4:11 open_in_new
Now. Meanwhile: as in Micah 4:10; Micah 5:1. Referring to the then immediately impending hostility.
many nations. Compare Isaiah 33:3.Lamentations 2:16; Obadiah 1:11-13.
eye. So some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate; but Hebrew text reads "eyes". Compare Psalms 54:3.
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Micah 4:12 open_in_new
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. The reason follows.
for: or, that.
floor. threshing-floor.
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Micah 4:13 open_in_new
thresh. tread as oxen.
horn... hoofs. Referring to the strength of the oxen, and to the completeness of the destruction. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 25:4). App-92. Compare Isaiah 41:15.Jeremiah 51:33.
I will. Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "thou shalt".
consecrate. devote; as in Joshua 6:19; Joshua 6:24. Compare Zechariah 14:14. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 27:28).
THE LORD. Hebrew. 'Adon. The Divine title, relating to dominion in the earth. See App-4.