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Many nations will come and say, "Come and let
us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may
teach us about His ways And that we
may walk in His paths." For
from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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Then God will
be a judge for the people of many nations. God will end the arguments for
many
F49 people in faraway
countries.
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Micah 4:1-13. TRANSITION
TO THE GLORY,PEACE, KINGDOM, AND VICTORY OF
1-3. Almost identical with Isaiah 2:2-4.
the mountain of the house of the Lord--which
just before (Micah
3:12) had been doomed to be a wild forest height. Under Messiah, its
elevation is to be not that of situation, but of moral dignity, as the seat of
God's universal empire.
people shall flow into it--In Isaiah it
is "all nations": a more universal prophecy.
3. rebuke--convict of sin (John 16:8,9);
and subdue with judgments (Psalms 2:5,9, 110:5,6, Revelation 2:27, 12:5).
many people . . . strong nations
afar off--In Isaiah
2:4 it is "the nations . . . many people."
4.
sit every man under his vine, &c.--that is, enjoy the most prosperous tranquillity (1 Kings 4:25,
Zechariah 3:10).
The "vine" and "fig tree" are mentioned rather than a house,
to signify, there will be no need of a covert; men will be safe even in the
fields and open air.
Lord of hosts hath spoken it--Therefore it must come to pass, however
unlikely now it may seem.
5.
For--rather,
Though it be that all people walk after
their several gods, yet we (the Jews in the dispersion) will walk in the name
of the Lord. So the Hebrew particle means in the Margin, Genesis 8:21, Exodus 13:17, Joshua 17:18.
The resolution of the exile Jews is: As Jehovah gives us hope of so glorious a
restoration, notwithstanding the overthrow of our temple and nation, we must in
confident reliance on His promise persevere in the true worship of Him, however
the nations around, our superiors now in strength and numbers, walk after their
gods [ROSENMULLER]. As the Jews were thoroughly weaned from idols by the
Babylonian captivity, so they shall be completely cured of unbelief by their
present long dispersion (Zechariah 10:8-12).
6.
assemble her that halteth--feminine for neuter in Hebrew
idiom, "whatever halteth": metaphor
from sheep wearied out with a journey: all the suffering exiles of
her . . . driven out--all
7.
I will make her that halted a remnant--I will cause a remnant to remain which shall not
perish.
Lord shall reign . . . in . . .
for ever--(Isaiah 9:6,7, Daniel 7:14,27,
Luke 1:33, Revelation 11:15).
8. tower of the
flock--following
up the metaphor of sheep the King and Shepherd observes and guards His
flock: both the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church now whose tower-like elevation
is that of doctrine and practice (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 Beth-lehem,
for which it is put, Beth-lehem being taken to
represent the royal stock of David (Micah 5:2; compare
Genesis 35:21).
But the explanatory words, "the stronghold of the daughter of
stronghold--Hebrew, "Ophel"; an impregnable height on
unto thee shall . . . come
. . . the first dominion--namely, the dominion formerly exercised
by thee shall come back to thee.
kingdom shall come to the daughter of
9. Addressed to the daughter
of
is there no king in thee?--asked
tauntingly. There is a king in her; but it is the same as if there were none,
so helpless to devise means of escape are he and his counsellors
[MAURER]. Or,
10.
Be in pain, and labour--carrying on the metaphor
of a pregnant woman. Thou shalt be affected with
bitter sorrows before thy deliverance shall come. I do not forbid thy grieving,
but I bring thee consolation. Though God cares for His children, yet they must
not expect to be exempt from trouble, but must prepare for it.
go forth out of the city--on its
capture. So "come out" is used 2 Kings 24:12,
Isaiah 36:16.
dwell in the field--namely, in the open
country, defenseless, instead of their fortified city. Beside the Chebar (Psalms 137:1, Ezekiel 3:15).
there . . . there--emphatic
repetition. The very scene of thy calamities is to be the scene of thy
deliverance. In the midst of enemies, where all hope seems cut off, there
shall Cyrus, the deliverer, appear (compare Judges 14:14). Cyrus again being the type of the greater Deliverer, who shall
finally restore
11.
many nations--the subject peoples composing
defiled--metaphor from a virgin. Let her be
defiled (that is, outraged by violence and bloodshed), and let our eye gaze
insultingly on her shame and sorrow (Micah 7:10). Her
foes desired to feast their eyes on her calamities.
12.
thoughts of the Lord--Their
unsearchable wisdom, overruling seeming disaster to the final good of
His people, is the very ground on which the restoration of Israel hereafter (of
which the restoration from Babylon is a type) is based in Isaiah 55:8;
compare with Micah
4:3,12,13, which prove that Israel, not merely the Christian Church,
is the ultimate subject of the prophecy; also in Romans 11:13.
God's counsel is to discipline His people for a time with the foe as a scourge;
and then to destroy the foe by the hands of His people.
gather them as . . . sheaves--them who "gathered"
themselves for Zion's destruction (Micah 4:11) the
Lord "shall gather" for destruction by Zion (Micah 4:13), like
sheaves gathered to be threshed (compare Isaiah 21:10, Jeremiah 51:33).
The Hebrew is singular, "sheaf." However great the
numbers of the foe, they are all but as one sheaf ready to be threshed
[CALVIN]. Threshing was done by treading with the feet: hence the propriety of
the image for treading under foot and breaking asunder the foe.
13.
thresh--destroy thy foes "gathered" by Jehovah
as "sheaves" (Isaiah 41:15,16).
thine horn--Zion being compared to an
ox treading corn, and an ox's strength lying in the horns, her strength
is implied by giving her a horn of iron (compare 1 Kings 22:11).
beat in pieces many--(Daniel 2:44).
I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord--God subjects the nations to
Zion, not for her own selfish aggrandizement, but for His glory (Isaiah 60:6,9, Zechariah 14:20,
with which compare Isaiah
23:18) and for their ultimate good; therefore He is here called, not merely
God of Israel, but "Lord of the whole earth."