Micah 4:2-5 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 4:2

And many nations shall come, and say, come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob ,.... In Isaiah 2:3 ; it is, "many people", &c.; the sense is the same; See Gill on Isa 2:3; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ; the teacher is the King Messiah, as Kimchi observes; the great Prophet of his people, the teacher sent from God; and will in the last days teach men by his Spirit and word, in a very plentiful manner,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:3

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off ,.... That are in the most distant parts of the world; not only the isles afar off, but the remotest parts of the continent, the American nations found out since. In Isaiah 2:4 , it is, "and he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people"; that is, the King Messiah, as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech. Some render it, "it shall judge", &c.; and interpret it either of the Church, the mountain of... read more

John Gill

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

But they shall sit every man under his vine, and under his fig tree ,.... A proverbial phrase, expressive of the greatest tranquillity, security, and enjoyment of property; see 1 Kings 4:25 ; when persons need not keep within their walled towns and cities, and lack themselves up in their houses, but may sit down in their gardens, fields, and vineyards, and enjoy the fruit thereof; as the Targum interprets it, "under the fruit of his vine, and under, the fruit of his fig tree.' It was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:5

For all people will walk everyone in the name of his god ,.... Till those times come before described; when many nations and people shall flock to the church, and there shall be such general peace and tranquillity as here promised; till then the nations of the earth shall retain their former religion, and the profession of it, with constancy, till they are otherwise instructed, as Aben Ezra; or till the Messiah shall turn them into the right way, as Kimchi; till that time comes, the Pagans... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:1-4

But in the last days it shall come to pass - These four verses contain, says Bp. Newcome, a prophecy that was to be fulfilled by the coming of the Messiah, when the Gentiles were to be admitted into covenant with God, and the apostles were to preach the Gospel, beginning at Jerusalem, Luke 24:47 ; Acts 2:14 , etc., when Christ was to be the spiritual Judge and King of many people, was to convince many nations of their errors and vices, and was to found a religion which had the strongest... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Under his vine and under his fig tree - A proverbial expression, indicative of perfect peace, security, and rural comfort. See on Isaiah 2:1 ; (note). This verse is an addition to the prophecy as it stands in Isaiah. See Clarke on Micah 4:1 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:5

Every one in the name of his god - This shall be the state of the Gentile world; but after the captivity, the Jews walked in the name of Jehovah alone; and acknowledge no other object of religious worship to the present day. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:2

Verse 2 There follows, however, a fuller explanation, when he says, that many nations would come He said only before that nations would come: but as David, even in his age, made some nations tributary to himself, the Prophet here expresses something more, — that many nations would come; as if he had said, “Though David subjugated some people to himself, yet the borders of his kingdom were narrow and confined, compared with the largeness of that kingdom which the Lord will establish at the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:3

Verse 3 The Prophet here describes the fruit of Divine truth, — that God would restore all nations to such gentleness, that they would study to cultivate fraternal peace among themselves, and that all would consult the good of others, having laid aside every desire for doing harm. As then he has lately showed, that the Church of God could not be otherwise formed than by the Word, and that the legitimate worship of God cannot be set up and continued, except where God is honored with the... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:3

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Micah 4:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:1-4

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 4:3

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