And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
The remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion. In Micah 5:7 Israel's benignant influence on the nations is described; but here her vengeance on the godless hosts who assail her (Isaiah 66:15-16; Isaiah 66:19; Isaiah 66:24; Zechariah 12:3; Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 12:8-9; Zechariah 14:17-18). Judah will be "as a lion," not in respect to its cruelty, but in its power of striking terror into all opponents. Under the Maccabees, the Jews acquired Idumea, Samaria, and parts of the territory of Ammon and Moab (Grotius). But this was only the earnest of their future glory on their coming restoration.