Micah 4:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:3

The effect of this reception of true religion shall be universal peace. He shall judge among many people; or better, between many peoples . The Lord shall be the Arbiter to whom all disputes shall be referred, as in the next clause. When his reign is acknowledged and his Law obeyed, all war and all causes of war shall cease. The gospel is a gospel of peace and love, and when "the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and his Christ" ( Revelation 11:15 ), peace and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:3-4

The peaceable fruit of righteousness. The wonders of Micah's vision (verses 1 and 2) are not yet at an end. He sees a succession of the most improbable and incredible events, as the nations return from their pilgrimage to the new Mount Zion to their distant capitals and homesteads. With those distant and "strong" heathen nations there are associations of horror and dread in the minds of the Hebrews, especially of the godly among them. Illustrate this from what we know through Hebrew... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:4

This verse is omitted in Isaiah. They shall sit every man under his vine. This image of plenty and security is derived from the account of the material prosperity of Israel in the days of Solomon ( 1 Kings 4:25 ), in accordance with the Mosaic promise (Le Isaiah 26:4 , etc.). It passed into a proverb expressive of peace and happiness (comp. Zechariah 3:10 ; 1 Macc. 14:12). The mouth of the Lord of hosts. The great promise is thus confirmed ( Isaiah 58:14 ). The LXX . usually... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 4:3

And He shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off - Hitherto, they had walked each in their own ways Isaiah 53:6; now, they sought to be taught in the ways of God. Before, they had been lords of the world; now they should own a Judge higher than themselves. They were no common, but mighty nations, such as had heretofore been the oppressors of Israel. They were to be many, and those mighty, nations. He should , “not only command, but “rebuke,” not weak or petty nations... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 4:4

But - AndThey shall sit every man, under his vine and under his fig-tree - Palestine was a home of the vine and the fig-tree. Vineyards were a common property, possessed by all but the very poor , or even by them Nehemiah 5:4; Jeremiah 39:10. The land was “a land of bread and vineyards” 2 Kings 18:32. The vine was the emblem of the people, in Psalmists and prophets (Psalms 80:8 ff; Isaiah 3:14; Isaiah 5:1 ff; Isaiah 27:2; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 12:10; Ezekiel 15:1-8; Ezekiel 17:5-10; Ezekiel... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 4:1-5

Micah 4:1-5. In the last days it shall come to pass, &c., The first three of these verses are the same as Isaiah 2:2-4, where see the notes. They evidently “contain a prophecy which was to be fulfilled by the coming of the Messiah; when the [believing] Gentiles were to be admitted into covenant with God, and the apostles were to preach the gospel, beginning at Jerusalem; when Christ was to be the spiritual Judge and King of many people, was to convince many nations of their errors and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 4:1-13

4:1-5:15 THE IDEAL KINGDOMShame replaced by glory (4:1-5:1)Previously Micah recorded God’s promise that the people of Israel would come from captivity back to their land (see 2:12-13). He now looks beyond that to the greater day when God’s ideal king reigns and Jerusalem is the religious centre of the world. People of all nations desire to worship God and learn his law, with the result that there is universal peace and contentment (4:1-4). This future hope encourages Micah and his few fellow... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 4:3

He shall judge = He shall rule (Psalms 2:5 , Psalms 2:9 ; Psalms 72:8 , Psalms 72:11 ; Psalms 72:8 ; Psalms 96:13 ; Psalms 98:9 ; Psalms 110:5 , Psalms 110:6 . Isaiah 11:3-5 ; Isaiah 51:6 . Matthew 25:31 , Matthew 25:32 ). plowshares. Compare Isaiah 2:4 .Joel 3:10 . pruninghooks: or, scythes. nation. Some codices, with four early printed editions (one Rabbinic, margin), Septuagint, and Syriac, read "and nation". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 4:4

sit = dwell. under, &c. Compare 1 Kings 4:25 .Zechariah 3:10 . LORD of hosts. See note on 2 Samuel 1:3 . saith the LORD = [is] Jehovah's oracle. halteth = is lame. gather = gather out. Compare Psalms 147:2 .Ezekiel 34:13 ; Ezekiel 37:21 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 4:3

"And he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; and nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."This is not the promise of some literal millennium here on earth in which period the wicked nations of earth will be brought together in some kind of a confederation under Israel (fleshly) and in which the ideal peace and... read more

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