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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 4:2

And many nations shall come - Isaiah Isaiah 2:2 added the world all to Micah’s prophecy. So our Lord said, “This Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations” Matthew 24:14; and the elect are to be gathered out “of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues” Revelation 7:9. All nations shall flow into it. The all might be many or few. Both prophets say that those all should be many. Judah probably knew already of many. The history of Genesis gave... 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 4:2

come = go. Come = Come ye. the God of Jacob. See notes on Psalms 20:1 . God. Heb Elohim. App-4 . the law. As contained in the Pentateuch. App-92 . 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 4:2

"And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.""Many nations ..." This has been gloriously fulfilled throughout the Christian dispensation by the hundreds of millions of souls all over the planet Earth who have found in Jesus Christ their "all in all" and who look to him... read more

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