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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Micah 5:3

The sense of this verse seems to be, that there shall be great trouble in Israel, until this glorious event of Christ's birth should take place. And certain it is that Israel was brought very low before Christ was born. Some however make these words wholly spiritual with respect to the new birth, in the heart of Christ's people, whose awakenings in grace are well known to be called in scripture travailing in soul. Galatians 4:19.

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See also Micah 5:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Micah 5:3. _THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP_] Jesus Christ shall give up the disobedient and rebellious Jews into the hands of all the nations of the earth, till _she who travaileth hath brought...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE - Since God has so appointed both to punish and to redeem, He, God, or the Ruler “whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting,” who is God with God, “shall give them up, that i...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The siege and the smitten judge (Micah 5:1) _ 2. The smitten judge: Who he is (Micah 5:2) 3. The events of the future: (Micah 5:3) 4. The Rejected One, the Shepherd of Israel ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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., deliveran...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    UNTIL THE TIME: i.e. the end of the "meanwhile" (Micah 5:1). SHE WHICH TRAVAILETH. Compare Micah 4:9; Micah 4:10 -, above. and note there; also John 16:21;...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _PROMISES CONCERNING THE MESSIAH -- MICAH 5:1-4:_ Zedekiah was the last king of the separate kingdom of Judah. He had been placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar had even ch...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP— _Notwithstanding, he will give them up, until the time that she that beareth,_ &c. The Hebrew word יתנם _itneim,_ rendered _give up,_ signifies properly, says Dr. Sharp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    FOCUS ON THE MESSIAH. Micah 5:2-6 RV. But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH 1-5a. Jerusalem is besieged, its ruler insulted by the invader (Micah 5:1). Micah proclaims not only deliverance, but a deliverer. He will arise from Bethlehem, David's birthp...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WILL HE GIVE THEM UP] better, 'He is giving them up.' SHE WHICH TRAVAILETH, etc.] the reference is to Isaiah's prophecy of immanuel (Isaiah 7:14). THEN THE REMNANT, etc.] better, 'and until the remnan...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 5 5:1-6 THE *MESSIAH’S BIRTH AND HIS FUTURE GREATNESS The main subject of Micah’s message now changes. He has spoke...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Micah says that God will leave his people. That situation will be the result of what has happened before (Micah 4:9; Micah 4:11; Micah 5:1). It will include the exile (when God will send the people ou...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP. — There is a suggestion here of a parable, setting forth the smallness of Bethlehem, which gave birth to the mighty Ruler that was to come from it. So the nation was to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Micah 5:2]_ לָכֵ֣ן יִתְּנֵ֔ם עַד ־עֵ֥ת יֹולֵדָ֖ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DELIVERER FROM BETHLEHEM Micah 5:1-15 This name for Bethlehem recalls Genesis 48:7. Though insignificant in size she would outshine her compeers, because of Messiah's birth, Matthew 2:6. As man,...

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

    Having thus described the coming deliverance, Micah utters the wonderful prophecy concerning the Deliverer and the deliverance under His administration. The Person of the Deliverer is first described...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] (d) she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. (d) He compares the Jews...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Forth, till Babylon let them go; (Sanct.) or the Jews shall enjoy the land till Christ come; (St. Jerome, exp. ii.) or he will leave them in their blindness till the nations shall have received the g...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet here again so moderates his words, that the Jews might understand, that they were to endure many evils before God relieved their miseries. He wished then here to prepare the minds of the g...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    But there was something more definite still to be declared; the principal enemy of the last days was to be pointed out, and this in special connection with another and fatal sin of Jerusalem and her p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP,.... Or "notwithstanding", as this particle signifies; see Hosea 2:14; though all this shall be, yet, previous to the birth of this person, the Lord would give up the Je...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. Ver. 3. _Therefore will he gi...

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

    _Therefore will he give them up_ The particle לכן rendered _therefore_, should rather be here rendered, _nevertheless._ The meaning is, Notwithstanding the promise of so great a blessing, God would gi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Therefore, because Israel, the people of the Lord, is to be redeemed not by his own power, but by the gracious gift of the Messiah, WILL HE GIVE THEM UP, the Lord giving the covenant nation into the h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PERSON AND THE RULE OF MESSIAH. Having described the conditions and circumstances under which the period of Messianic glory would be established, the prophet now turns to the direct prediction co...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Having showed how low the house of David would be brought, a prediction of the Messiah and his kingdom is added to encourage the faith of God's people. His existence from eternity as God, and his...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEREFORE, or nevertheless, as the particle will bear, WILL HE, God, the God of Israel, GIVE THEM UP, to the Chaldeans, to be wasted by them, and to be led into captivity, and to be afflicted there fo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Micah 5:3 up H5414 (H8799) time H6256 labor H3205 (H8802) birth H3205 (H8804) remnant H3499 brethren...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE OF ONE WHO WILL RISE FROM A HUMBLE SMALL TOWN WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE AND WILL BECOME GREAT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (MICAH 5:2). The promise is now made that from the sma...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    REMNANT (_ See Scofield) - (Jeremiah 15:21). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The birth and rejection of Christ foretold. His ultimate eternal kingdom after His rejection. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ, who existed from eternity as Son of God, was to b...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Micah 5:1. _Oh daughter of troops._ Of thieves, that is, the Chaldeans, who having robbed all the nations of Asia, came to Jerusalem, and robbed the whole land, smote Zedekiah with the severe rod of c...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:1 A new hope for Israel, and for the whole world, comes by means of a new David. His deeds are praised (vv. Micah 5:1) and the influence of the Israelite remnant among the nation...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:3 HE SHALL GIVE THEM UP. Israel will be ruled by others. HIS BROTHERS SHALL RETURN. The Messiah will unite Israel....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. THOU] invading army (not Judah). US] The prophet identifies himself with the nation. SMITE] The greatest insult (Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 5:39; Matthew 27:30). JUDGE] or king ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MICAH 5:1 _§ _8_. After Zion_'_s degradation Messiah shall be born, and shall bring the world into subjection._ MICAH 5:1 This verse is joined to the preceding chapter in the Hebrew. Jer...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 5 Micah leaves that scene of the future and he comes back to an intermediate scene. Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: and they shall sm...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 14:16; 2 Chronicles 30:7; Hebrews 1:11; Hebrews 1:12; Hosea

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He — God. Give them up — To the Chaldeans. She — The daughter of Zion, compared here to a woman in travail, shall be delivered out of captivity. His brethren — The brethren of the Messiah. Those of Ju...

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