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Micah 4:1-7

MICAH—NOTE ON Micah 4:1 Jerusalem and its temple, once destroyed (Micah 3:12), are exalted as a source of instruction, justice, and righteousness (Micah 4:1). The weak become strong under Yahweh’s rule (vv. Micah 4:6). Verses Micah 4:1 are almost identical to Isaiah 2:1.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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