Micah 4:8

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, ), 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 (, "Thy neck is like the tower of David"), and the literal hereafter (). 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 (: cf. , "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 (, "on the wall of Ophel (margin, the tower) he (Jotham) built much;" , "he (Hezekiah) compassed about Ophel;" , "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.