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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Micah Chapter 4 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Micah Chapter 4 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. rebuke--convict of sin
(Joh 16:8, 9);
and subdue with judgments
(Ps 2:5, 9; 110:5, 6; Re 2:27; 12:5).
many people . . . strong nations afar off--In
Isa 2:4
it is "the nations . . . many people."
Micah Chapter 4 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. sit every man under his vine, &c.--that is, enjoy the most prosperous tranquillity
(1Ki 4:25; Zec 3:10).
The "vine" and "fig tree" are mentioned rather than a house, to signify, there will be no need of a covert; men will be safe even in the fields and open air.
Lord of hosts hath spoken it--Therefore it must come to pass, however unlikely now it may seem.
Micah Chapter 4 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. For--rather, Though it be that all people walk after their several gods, yet we (the Jews in the dispersion) will walk in the name of the Lord. So the Hebrew particle means in the Margin,
Ge 8:21; Ex 13:17; Jos 17:18.
The resolution of the exile Jews is: As Jehovah gives us hope of so glorious a restoration, notwithstanding the overthrow of our temple and nation, we must in confident reliance on His promise persevere in the true worship of Him, however the nations around, our superiors now in strength and numbers, walk after their gods [ROSENMULLER]. As the Jews were thoroughly weaned from idols by the Babylonian captivity, so they shall be completely cured of unbelief by their present long dispersion
(Zec 10:8-12).
Micah Chapter 4 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. assemble her that halteth--feminine for neuter in Hebrew idiom, "whatever halteth": metaphor from sheep wearied out with a journey: all the suffering exiles of Israel
(Eze 34:16; Zep 3:19).
her . . . driven out--all Israel's outcasts. Called "the Lord's flock"
(Jer 13:17; Eze 34:13; 37:21).
Micah Chapter 4 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. I will make her that halted a remnant--I will cause a remnant to remain which shall not perish.
Lord shall reign . . . in . . . Zion--David's kingdom shall be restored in the person of Messiah, who is the seed of David and at the same time Jehovah
(Isa 24:23).
for ever--
(Isa 9:6, 7; Da 7:14, 27; Lu 1:33; Re 11:15).
Micah Chapter 4 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. tower of the flock--following up the metaphor of sheep (see on
Mic 4:6).
Jerusalem is called the "tower," from which the King and Shepherd observes and guards His flock: both the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church now whose tower-like elevation is that of doctrine and practice
(So 4:4,
"Thy neck is like the tower of David"), and the literal hereafter
(Jer 3:17).
In large pastures it was usual to erect a high wooden tower, so as to oversee the flock. JEROME takes the Hebrew for "flock," Eder or Edar, as a proper name, namely, a village near Beth-lehem, for which it is put, Beth-lehem being taken to represent the royal stock of David
(Mic 5:2;
compare
Ge 35:21).
But the explanatory words, "the stronghold of the daughter of Zion," confirm English Version.
stronghold--Hebrew, "Ophel"; an impregnable height on Mount Zion
(2Ch 27:3; 33:14; Ne 3:26, 27).
unto thee shall . . . come . . . the first dominion--namely, the dominion formerly exercised by thee shall come back to thee.
kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem--rather, "the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem shall come (again)"; such as it was under David, before its being weakened by the secession of the ten tribes.
Micah Chapter 4 9 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
9. Addressed to the daughter of Zion, in her consternation at the approach of the Chaldeans.
*is there no king in thee?*--asked tauntingly. There is a king in her; but it is the same as if there were none, so helpless to devise means of escape are he and his counsellors [MAURER]. Or, Zion's pains are because her king is taken away from her
(Jer 52:9; La 4:20; Eze 12:13)
[CALVIN]. The former is perhaps the preferable view (compare
Jer 49:7).
The latter, however, describes better Zion's kingless state during her present long dispersion
(Ho 3:4, 5).
Mic 4:1-13.
TRANSITION TO THE GLORY, PEACE, KINGDOM, AND VICTORY OF ZION.
1-3. Almost identical with
Isa 2:2-4.
the mountain of the house of the Lord--which just before
(Mic 3:12)
had been doomed to be a wild forest height. Under Messiah, its elevation is to be not that of situation, but of moral dignity, as the seat of God's universal empire.
people shall flow into it--In Isaiah it is "all nations": a more universal prophecy.