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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Micah 4:11,12

The Church is and ever must be, upon earth, the envy of the carnal world. But, Reader, what a sweet thought it is for you, for me, for all, that when the enemies of Christ and his redeemed seem to triumph, their boasting is but momentary, and the Lord is thereby hastening their destruction. This was memorably fulfilled in the Church's persecution in Babylon; for when the impious monarch insulted the people, and profaned the holy vessels of the sanctuary, the same night he was slain. Daniel 5:2.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Micah 4:11. _MANY NATIONS ARE GATHERED AGAINST THEE_] The Chaldeans, who were composed of many nations. And, we may add, all the surrounding nations were their enemies; and rejoiced when the Cha...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NOW ALSO - (And now.) The prophet had already spoken of the future before them, with this word Now. Then, he distinctly prophesied the captivity to Babylon. Twice more he begins anew; as Holy Scriptur...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    LET HER BE DEFILED— _Thou art defiled, and our eye shall behold Sion as a spectacle;_ that is to say, of scorn....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    DISTRESS AND REDEMPTION. Micah 4:9 to Micah 5:1 RV. Now why doest thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MANY nations] the polyglot hordes of Assyria: cp. Isaiah 33:3....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֛ה נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ עָלַ֖יִךְ גֹּויִ֣ם רַבִּ֑ים...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet’s object here is to give some alleviation to the faithful lest they should succumb under their calamities; for, as we have stated, there were most grievous evils approaching, sufficient to...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ZION ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE EARTH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NOW, i.e. ere long, the time is near at hand. Many nations; many for number and great for name, mighty in power, all that were at that time confederate with or feudatory to Sennacherib king of Assyria...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Micah 4:11 many H7227 nations H1471 gathered H622 (H8738) say H559 (H8802) defiled H2610 (H8799) eye...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 4:11 NATIONS ARE ASSEMBLED. The specific setting is probably the Assyrian attack in 701 B.C. (see Micah 5:5). defiled... gaz

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 4:9.] Zion will lose her king, wander into captivity, but will be redeemed from her enemies. KING] Loss of royal government, the cause of lamentation, more painful to Israel tha...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 8:8; Jeremiah 52:4; Joel 3:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Now — The time is at hand. Defiled — Let her be polluted with blood, and let us enter, sack and destroy her temple and palaces. Look — With delight on her destruction....

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