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Verse 8. _O TOWER OF THE FLOCK_] I think the temple is meant, or
Jerusalem; the place where the _flock_, the whole _congregation_ of
the people assembled to worship God. _Newcome_ retains the Hebrew...
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AND THOU, O TOWER OF THE FLOCK - “‘Tower of Ader,’ which is
interpreted ‘tower of the flock,’ about 1000 paces (a mile) from
Bethlehem,” says Jerome who lived there, “and foresignifying (in
its very n...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The future of glory (Micah 4:1) _
2. The restoration and the final victory (Micah 4:6)
Micah 4:1. The last verse predicted the long desolation and ruin of
Zion. This is followed at on...
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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...
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TOWER OF THE FLOCK. Hebrew tower of _'Eder._ Reference to Pentateuch
(Genesis 35:21. nowhere else). Used here of Bethlehem (compare Genesis
35:19 with Micah 5:2); coupled here with "Ophel" in next cla...
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_THE LORD WILL REDEEM HIS PEOPLE -- MICAH 4:6-10:_ Many times the
prophets of God talked first about the physical kingdom of Israel and
then moved to talk about the spiritual kingdom, the church. Here...
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AND THOU, O TOWER, &C.— _And thou, O tower of Eder, O fortress of
the daughter of Sion, thy time shall come: and the former dominion
shall return, even the kingdom, to the daughter of Jerusalem._ See...
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THE RESTORATION OF THE DIASPORA. Micah 4:6-8
RV. In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame,
and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have
afflicted; and I wil...
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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...
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4:8 flock, (c-7) Or 'Migdal-eder,' Genesis 35:21 ....
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BRIGHT VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
Micah's view of Israel's future, especially in relation to the
nations. He believes that God chose Israel to maintain and teach true
religion, and that in this lies Israel...
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TOWER OF THE FLOCK, etc.] i.e. Jerusalem. UNTO THEE, etc.] RV 'unto
thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom
of the daughter of Jerusalem.' When the people have repented of...
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God speaks another *prophecy about Zion (Jerusalem). He calls the new
capital a *watchtower. This is a tall building. It is in a *vineyard.
Men watch from it to guard the *vineyard. These men carry we...
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MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS
MICAH
_LES PAINTER_
CHAPTER 4
4:1-8 NEW JERUSALEM WILL HAVE A HIGH POSITION OVER THE NATIONS
There is a big change now in Micah’s *prophecy. He...
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O TOWER OF THE FLOCK. — Israel having been compared to a flock,
Jerusalem is called its tower, or protection; and in Messiah the
ancient dominion shall return to the Holy City. This is a more
satisfac...
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THE KING TO COME
Micah 4:8 - Micah 5:1
WHEN a people has to be purged of long injustice, when some high aim
of liberty or of order has to be won, it is remarkable how often the
drama of revolution pa...
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THE PROMISE OF PEACE
Micah 4:1-13
It is not improbable that Isaiah, Micah 2:1-4, and Micah quoted an
older prophecy, which in its fullness, is yet to be fulfilled. In the
millennial age Israel, in he...
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From this scene of a corrupt people governed by corrupt rulers, the
prophet lifts his eyes, and looking into the future sees the day when
under true government deliverance will be wrought and the divi...
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And thou, O (i) tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of
Zion, unto thee shall it come, even (k) the first dominion; the
kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
(i) Meaning Jer...
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Cloudy. Hebrew." fortress, or ophel, " a tower or wall near the
temple, 2 Esdras iii. 27. --- Flock. Jerusalem was no better, after
the Chaldeans had destroyed it, 4 Kings xvii. 9. Yet there Zorobabel...
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If, as some have supposed, that the word Migdol-Eder, which we
translate Tower, means Bethlehem, and the very place where the Jewish
shepherds were keeping their flocks by night, when the angels
annou...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive
properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to
Israel, and so far with...
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Micah still continues the same subject, — that the miserable
calamities of the people, or even their ruin, will not prevent God to
restore again his Church. _Thou tower of the flock, _he says, _the
fo...
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But again the prophet, in the spirit of Isaiah, concludes his
denunciations of sin, and his prophecies of judgment and desolation,
by announcing the full re-establishment of blessing and glory in Zion...
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AND THOU, O TOWER OF THE FLOCK,.... The words "Migdal Eder" are left
by some untranslated, and think that place to be intended so called,
which was near to Bethlehem, Genesis 35:19; and perhaps is the...
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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.
Ver. 8. _And thou, O to...
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_And thou, O tower of the flock_ Or, of _Eder_, as Archbishop Newcome
and many others translate the word, considering it as a proper name; a
tower in or near Beth-lehem; see Genesis 35:21. Or, as some...
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ZION ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE EARTH...
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And thou, O tower of the flock, the term being applied to a tower of
refuge for flocks in time of danger, here as a fort from which the
great King and Shepherd, the Messiah Himself, observes and guard...
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1-8 The nations have not yet so submitted to the Prince of Peace, as
to beat their swords into ploughshares, nor has war ceased. But very
precious promises these are, relating to the gospel church, w...
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O TOWER OF THE FLOCK: some refer this to that tower Edar, in the
neighbourhood of Bethlehem, built there for the shepherds more
convenient watching over their flocks. The prophet may possibly allude
t...
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Micah 4:8 tower H4026 flock H5739 (H8677) H4029 stronghold H6076
daughter H1323 Zion H6726 come H857 ...
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HE AGAIN TURNS HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS ‘THAT DAY', THAT DAY WHEN GOD
WILL ACTS TO RESTORE HIS PEOPLE (MICAH 4:6).
In mind here now is not the final day spoken of in Micah 4:3, but the
days of restoratio...
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Micah 4:1. _But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the
mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of
the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people...
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CONTENTS: The future kingdom of Christ on earth and Israel's happy
regathering. Battle of Armageddon.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: In the last days of the age, the Kingdom of Christ shall
be...
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Micah 4:1. _In the last days it shall come to pass._ In the new times,
as in Isaiah 4., which Micah had read, and now repeats by the Spirit.
In the gospel age the new-testament church, built above the...
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_The Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion _
THE BLESSING OF THE INGATHERED ONES
I. The character of the assembly.
1. The halt.
2. The banished.
3. The afflicted.
From this gather the ruined...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 4:8 As the kingdom is established (Micah 4:8),
the focus moves from distress and salvation (Micah 4:9) to messianic
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Micah 4:5. Name] _i.e._ profession, and in the strength of Jehovah
(cf. 1 Samuel 17:45; Zechariah 10:12; Proverbs 18:1
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EXPOSITION
MICAH 4:1
§ 4. _The prophet suddenly announces the future glory of the temple
mountain and the ideal happiness of the people_
MICAH 4:1
BUT. There is no adversative particle here; the ve...
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But in the last days (Micah 4:1)
Or in the later days. So we move on out into yet the future. This has
not yet happened, far from it, but it is going to happen. And I am
convinced that it is going to...
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2 Samuel 5:7; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:18; Ephesians 1:21; Genesis 35:21;
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O tower — One tower put for the whole city Jerusalem. The strong —
hold — Ophel, a strong fort, is likewise put for the whole city. The
first dominion — The former dominion; the government (after seve...