Micah 4:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 4:1-7

It is a very comfortable but with which this chapter begins, and very reviving to those who lay the interests of God's church near their heart and are concerned for the welfare of it. When we sometimes see the corruptions of the church, especially of church-rulers, princes, priests, and prophets, seeking their own things and not the things of God, and when we soon after see the desolations of the church, Zion for their sakes ploughed as a field, we are ready to fear that it will one day perish... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:7

And I will make her that halted a remnant ,.... That is, make a reserve of her, and not utterly cut her off for her halting or sinning; that there may be a seed, a posterity descending from her, that shall serve the Lord, and appear to be a remnant according to the election of grace; which will be the persons called and gathered in the latter day: and her that was cast afar off a strong nation ; Kimchi thinks this refers to the ten tribes that were carried far off into Media and other... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

Her that halted a remnant - I will preserve them as a distinct people after their return from captivity, for the farther purposes of my grace and mercy. And the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion - The Chaldee is remarkable here, and positively applies the words to the Messiah: "But thou, O Messiah, of Israel, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee." read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

Verse 7 He then adds, I will make the halting a remnant By remnant he understands the surviving Church. Hence the metaphor, halting, is extended even to destruction; as though he said, “Though the Jews for a time may differ nothing from dead men, I will yet cause them to rise again, that they may become again a new people.” It was difficult to believe this at the time of exile: no wonder, then, that the Prophet here promises that a posterity would be born from a people that were dead. For... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:1-8

The Messiah's spiritual kingdom. These verses call us away from the contemplation of sin and its effects as set forth in the previous chapters, and hid us turn our thoughts to the golden age that rose before the prophet's vision, and animated and cheered his heart in the dark days in which his lot was cast. We live in happier times. Much that was to him only distant expectation has become fully realized by us. "Blessed are our eyes," etc. ( Matthew 13:16 , Matthew 13:17 ). Still,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6-7

§ 5. In this promised restoration all Israel is included, if they choose to accept, the offer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6-7

The restoration of Israel. It is the Gentile nations for whom the blessings of "the last days" have just been predicted ( Micah 4:2-4 ). The new Mount Zion of the Messiah's days will have a magnetic power on "the East and the West" ( Matthew 8:11 ; John 12:32 ). But Israel, through whom these blessings reach the nations, shall not be excluded from a share in them. Yet the form of the prediction reminds us of the abject condition of God's ancient people and of the gradual extension of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6-8

The moral monarchy of Christ in the world. "In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; and I will make her that halted a remnant, and bet that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth, even forever. 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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:7

I will make her that halted a remnant. The" remnant" is "the election," that portion of Israel which accepts the offered redemption ( Romans 9:27 ; Romans 11:5 ); and God declares that he will treat this section, now miserable and depressed, as sharers in the Messianic promises (see note on Zephaniah 3:19 ). As commonly, the restoration from captivity and the privileges of Messiah's kingdom are combined in one foreshortened view. But this "remnant" shall be made into a strong nation,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 4:7

And her that was cast off a strong nation - The prophecy, that there should be a remnant, was depressing. Yet what a remnant should it be! A remnant, which should multiply like the stars of heaven or the sand on the sea-shore. Israel had never been “a strong nation,” as a kingdom of this world. At its best estate, under David, it had subdued the petty nations around it, who were confederated to destroy it. It had never competed with the powers of this world, East or West, Egypt or Nineveh,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Micah 4:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:6-7

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The Pulpit Commentary - Micah 4:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Micah 4:7

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