Micah 7:12 - Exposition

He shall come; they shall come . Men shall flock to Zion as the metropolis of the new kingdom ( Micah 4:2 ). The countries named are those in which the Jews were dispersed (see Isaiah 11:11 ). Micah embraces in one view the restoration of Israel and the conversion of the heathen (comp. Isaiah 19:24 ; Isaiah 27:12 , Isaiah 27:13 ). Assyria . The type of the greatest enemy of God. The fortified cities; rather, the cities of Mazor, the strong land, i.e. Egypt. The usual term for Egypt is Mizraim; but Mazor is found in 2 Kings 19:24 ; Isaiah 19:6 ; Isaiah 37:25 . Cheyne compares the Assyrian name for this country, Mucar. From the fortress; from Mazor; Septuagint, ἀπὸ τύρου , "from Tyre" or Tsor. Even to the river. From Egypt to the Euphrates, which was the river par excellence . ( Genesis 15:18 ). From sea to sea . Not necessarily from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea or to the Persian Gulf (as Joel 2:20 ), but generally, from one sea to another, from the earth as bounded by the seas; so, from mountain to mountain; i.e. not from Lebanon to Sinai, or from Hor ( Numbers 20:22 ) to Hor ( Numbers 34:7 ), which is too limited, but from all lands situated between mountain barriers, which are the bounds of the world (comp. Isaiah 60:3 , etc.).