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Verse [Micah 4:1-4](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/luke/24/47); [Acts 2:14](../../../kjv/acts/2/14), c., 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 tendency to promote peace. Bp. *Lowth* thinks that "Micah took this passage from Isaiah" or the Spirit may have inspired both prophets with this prediction; or both may have copied some *common original*, the words of a prophet well known at that time. The variations (few and of little importance) may be seen in the notes on the parallel passages, [Isaiah 2:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/2), c. to which the reader is requested to refer.

Verse [Micah 4:2](../../../kjv/micah/4/2). [Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1).

Verse [Micah 4:3](../../../kjv/micah/4/3). [Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1).

Verse [Micah 4:4](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/1). This verse is an addition to the prophecy as it stands in Isaiah. [Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1).

Verse [Micah 4:5](../../../kjv/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.

Verse [Micah 4:6](../../../kjv/micah/4/6). ***Will I assemble her that halteth - driven out - afflicted*** — Under these epithets, the state of the Jews, who were to be gathered into the Christian Church, is pointed out. They *halted* between the true God and idols; they were *driven out* into captivity, because of this idolatry; and they were variously *afflicted*, because they would not return unto the Lord that bought them.

Verse [Micah 4:7](../../../kjv/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."

Verse 8. ***O tower of the flock*** — I think the temple is meant, or Jerusalem; the place where the *flock*, the whole *congregation* of the people assembled to worship God. *Newcome* retains the Hebrew word עדר *eder*, a tower in or near *Beth-lehem*, [Genesis 35:21](../../../kjv/genesis/35/21) or, as some think, a tower near the *sheep-gate* in Jerusalem, I believe Jerusalem, or the temple, or both, are meant; for these were considered *the strong-hold of the daughter of Zion*, the fortress of the Jewish people.
***Even the first dominion*** — What was this? The Divine *theocracy* under Jesus Christ; this former, this *first dominion*, was to be restored. Hence the angel called him *Immanuel*, God with us, ruling among us.

Verse 9. **Is there*****no King in thee?*** — None. And why? Because thou hast rejected Jehovah thy king.
***Is thy counsellor perished?*** — No: but thou hast rejected the words and advices of the prophets.
***Pangs have taken thee*** — He is speaking of the desolations that should take place when the Chaldeans should come against the city; and hence he says, "Thou shalt go to Babylon;" ye shall be cast out of your own land, and sent slaves to a foreign country, He represents the people under the notion of a *woman in travail*.

Verse [Micah 4:10](../../../kjv/micah/4/10). ***There shalt thou be delivered*** — There God shall meet thee; and by redeeming thee from thy captivity, bringing thee back to thine own land, and finally converting thee unto himself, shall deliver thee from the *burden* of grief and wo which thou now bearest, and under which thou dost groan.

Verse [Micah 4:11](../../../kjv/micah/4/11). ***Many nations are gathered against thee*** — The Chaldeans, who were composed of many nations. And, we may add, all the surrounding nations were their enemies; and rejoiced when the Chaldean army had overthrown Jerusalem, destroyed the temple, and led the people away captive.
***Let her be defiled*** — This was their cry and their wish: Let Jerusalem be laid as *low* as she can be, like a thing *defiled* and *cast away* with abhorrence; that *their eyes might look upon Zion* with scorn, contempt, and exultation.

Verse [Micah 4:12](../../../kjv/micah/4/12). ***But they know not the thoughts of the Lord*** — These think that God has utterly rejected his people, and they shall have a troublesome neighbour no more: but this is not his design; he will afflict them for a time; but these, the enemies of his people, he will gather as *sheaves* into the *threshing-floor*, there to be trodden, and the wheel to go over them. This is the *counsel*, the *purpose of God*, which these do not understand. The persons here referred to are not only the *Chaldeans* which were threshed by the *Persians* and *Medes*; but the Idumeans, Ammonites, Moabites, and Philistines, which the Jews afterwards subdued.

Verse [Micah 4:13](../../../kjv/micah/4/13). ***Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion*** — This refers to the subject of the preceding verse. When God shall have *gathered* *together* all thy enemies, as into the *threshing-floor*, he will give thee *commission* and *power* to get a complete victory over them, and reduce them to servitude. And that thou mayest be able to do this, he will be on thy side as a powerful helper; here signified by the metaphors, *iron horns*, and *brazen hoofs*. Thou shalt have *power, authority*, and *unconquerable strength*; for thine enemies shall be no more against thee than the *corn* against *oxen* shod with *brass*, or a puny animal against the horn of a fierce *bull* tipped with *iron*.
***I will consecrate their gain unto the Lord*** — What they have taken from thee in the way of spoil shall be restored; and again consecrated unto the service of him who will show himself to be *the Lord*, the Supreme Governor of the *whole earth*. Was not this prediction fulfilled when Cyrus gave the Jews permission to return to their own land, and gave them back the sacred vessels of the temple which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away? The Maccabees and their successors recovered much of the booty of which the neighbouring nations had deprived the Jews; and the *treasure* taken was devoted to Jehovah. The *first* verse of the next chapter should conclude this. [Micah 5:1](../../../kjv/micah/5/1)

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