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 tower of the flock. Following up the metaphor of sheep (note, Micah 4:6), Jerusalem is called the "tower," from which the King and Shepherd observes and guards His flock: both the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church, now, whose towerlike elevation is that of doctrine and practice (Song of Solomon 4:4, "Thy neck is like the tower of David"), and the literal hereafter (Jeremiah 3:17). In large pastures it was usual to erect a high wooden tower, so as to oversee the flock. Jerome takes the Hebrew for 'flock,' Eder or Edar, as a proper name-namely, a village near Bethlehem, for which it is put, Bethlehem being taken to represent the royal stock of David (Micah 5:2: cf. Genesis 35:21, "the tower of Edar"). But the explanatory words, "the strong bold of the daughter of Zion," confirm the English version.
The strong hold of the daughter of Zion - "strong hold," Hebrew, 'Ophel,' an impregnable height on mount Zion (2 Chronicles 27:3, "on the wall of Ophel (margin, the tower) he (Jotham) built much;" 2 Chronicles 33:14, "he (Hezekiah) compassed about Ophel;" Nehemiah 3:26-27, "the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel").
Unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion - namely, the dominion formerly exercised by thee shall come back to thee.
The kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem - rather, 'the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem shall come (again):' such as it was under David, before its being weakened by the secession of the ten tribes.