MICAH 4:6 TO MICAH 5:1. EXILE AND RESTORATION: ISRAEL'S VICTORY OVER
THE NATIONS. The reference to the Babylonian exile (Micah 4:10) shows
that the passage is not earlier than the sixth century, Micah himself
being concerned with Assyria, not Babylon. The sequence of thought is
not clear, and it has... [ Continue Reading ]
MESSIANIC ANTICIPATIONS. This paragraph, like the last, seems to
consist of several separate prophecies, viz. Micah 5:2, describing the
emergence of a triumphant Davidic ruler; Micah 5:5 f., deliverance
from the Assyrian through leaders raised by the people; Micah 5:7, the
multitude and irresistible... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PURGING OF ISRAEL. Some modern commentators, _e.g._ Wellhausen and
Nowack, refer this to Micah; if so, it would anticipate the
Deuteronomic denunciation of the pillars and Asherim (Deuteronomy 7:5;
Deuteronomy 12:3); but the general character of this Divine
intervention, to secure a community pu... [ Continue Reading ]