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Micah 4:1-8

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

1. But in the last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 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; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 3. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. 4. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make [them] afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken [it]. 5. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. 6. 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; 7. And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 8. 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 come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Micah 4:1-8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Micah 4:1

Theological / Devotional

In the last days. Micah 4:1-3 is practically identical with Isaiah 2:2-4 (see comments there). The differences are insignificant, such as the transposition of the terms “people” and “nations” and the addition in Micah of the phrase “afar off” and of the word “strong.” Some of the word order and verbal changes in the KJV represent simply differences of translation, the Hebrew text in these instances being the same. For example, the readings “come” (Micah 4:2) and “go” (Isaiah 2:3) translate the identical Hebrew word, halak.

Halak means both “to come” and “to go,” and the choice of meaning depends upon the translator’s understanding of the context.

It cannot be determined whether Micah quoted Isaiah or Isaiah Micah, whether both quoted an earlier inspired source, or whether each was directly and independently inspired as he wrote this passage. The two were contemporaries (Micah 1:1; Isaiah 1:1).

After the pronouncement of doom upon Zion (Micah 3:12), Micah turns abruptly to promises of restoration. This passage belongs to those Old Testament statements that “contain great encouragement” (Counsels to Teachers 455, 456) for the church today, as they did for the people to whom they were originally addressed.

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