Horses. Some understand this, and all that follows to the end of the chapter, as addressed to the enemies of the Church. But it may as well be understood of the converts to the Church, who should no longer put their trust in any of these things. (Challoner) --- God will protect his people, so that horses and fortifications will be unnecessary.
Verse Micah 5:10. _I WILL CUT OFF THY HORSES_] Thou shalt have no need of _cavalry_ in thine armies; God will fight for you....
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY - Of grace in the kingdom of Christ and of His Presence in the Apostles and with the Church; “I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee.” The greater the...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The siege and the smitten judge (Micah 5:1) _ 2. The smitten judge: Who he is (Micah 5:2) 3. The events of the future: (Micah 5:3) 4. The Rejected One, the Shepherd of Israel ...
THE PURGING OF ISRAEL. Some modern commentators, _e.g._ Wellhausen and Nowack, refer this to Micah; if so, it would anticipate the Deuteronomic denunciation of the pillars and Asherim (Deuteronomy 7:5...
IN THAT DAY. The Structure connects Micah 5:10 with Micah 4:6 -- Micah 5:8, and shows it to be the same, and yet future time, called in Micah 4:1 "the last days"....
_POWER BELONGS TO GOD'S PEOPLE -- MICAH 5:8-10:_ Micah used a very vivid illustration to show the power of God among the nations. His people were not to be violent like a wild and strong lion among th...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, &C.— That is, in that interval of time which was between the first and last destruction of Jerusalem; for during that period the Jews worshipped no false gods, and had no pr...
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF THE REMNANT. Micah 5:7-15 RV. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: I WILL CUT OFF THY HORSES ... CHARIOTS - namely, tho...
THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH 1-5a. Jerusalem is besieged, its ruler insulted by the invader (Micah 5:1). Micah proclaims not only deliverance, but a deliverer. He will arise from Bethlehem, David's birthp...
‘Destroy’ in the *Hebrew language here has a special meaning. It means to remove something. And it means to make *spiritually clean (holy) the place where it was. To destroy here means to remove by pu...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 5 5:1-6 THE *MESSIAH’S BIRTH AND HIS FUTURE GREATNESS The main subject of Micah’s message now changes. He has spoke...
IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY. — The prophet now passes on to the purification of the Church from the defilements mentioned by Isaiah (Isaiah 2:3), with reference to the ultimate holiness which sh...
_[Micah 5:9]_ וְ הָיָ֤ה בַ † יֹּום ־הַ
THE KING TO COME Micah 4:8 - Micah 5:1 WHEN a people has to be purged of long injustice, when some high aim of liberty or of order has to be won, it is remarkable how often the drama of revolution pa...
THE DELIVERER FROM BETHLEHEM Micah 5:1-15 This name for Bethlehem recalls Genesis 48:7. Though insignificant in size she would outshine her compeers, because of Messiah's birth, Matthew 2:6. As man,...
Having thus described the coming deliverance, Micah utters the wonderful prophecy concerning the Deliverer and the deliverance under His administration. The Person of the Deliverer is first described...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy (k) horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: (k) I will destroy all things in which you put you...
I include all these verses under one reading. They all, according to my view, proclaim the same doctrine, namely, the Lord's promise that the remnant of Jacob shall be defended, blessed, and protected...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to Israel, and so far with...
There is introduced here a most necessary admonition, in order that the faithful may know, how they are to be preserved by the hand and favor of God, even when they shall be stripped of all their help...
But there was something more definite still to be declared; the principal enemy of the last days was to be pointed out, and this in special connection with another and fatal sin of Jerusalem and her p...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, SAITH THE LORD,.... When the above things shall be accomplished, even in the Gospel day, made so by the rising of the sun of righteousness; the Gospel dispensati...
_And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:_ Ver. 10. _And it shall come to pass in that day_] vi...
_And in that day_ Namely, in that time when the threatenings against the enemies, and the promises to the people of God shall be made good; _I will cut off thy horses_, &c. Not in judgment, but in mer...
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, at the time of Messiah's reign, THAT I WILL CUT OFF THY HORSES OUT OF THE MIDST OF THEE, ordinarily, the confidence of men, AND I WILL DESTROY TH...
THE PERSON AND THE RULE OF MESSIAH. Having described the conditions and circumstances under which the period of Messianic glory would be established, the prophet now turns to the direct prediction co...
7-15 The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. Bu...
IN THAT DAY; when the threats against the enemies, and the promises to the people of God, shall be made good. SAITH THE LORD: this is added for assuring the performance of the things foretold. I WILL...
Micah 5:10 day H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 off H3772 (H8689) horses H5483 midst H7130 destroy...
THE REASON WHY GOD ALLOWS THE EXILE OF HIS PEOPLE AND WILL YET CAUSE MORE EXILES UNTIL THE LAND IS EMPTY (MICAH 5:10). In another oracle (‘says YHWH') Micah now explains why all Israel's troubles mus...
CONTENTS: The birth and rejection of Christ foretold. His ultimate eternal kingdom after His rejection. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Christ, who existed from eternity as Son of God, was to b...
Micah 5:1. _Oh daughter of troops._ Of thieves, that is, the Chaldeans, who having robbed all the nations of Asia, came to Jerusalem, and robbed the whole land, smote Zedekiah with the severe rod of c...
_I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee _ GOD’S DEPRIVING DISPENSATION TOWARDS MEN Here the Almighty is represented as taking away from Israel many things they greatly valued. God’s pro...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:1 A new hope for Israel, and for the whole world, comes by means of a new David. His deeds are praised (vv. Micah 5:1) and the influence of the Israelite remnant among the nation...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:10 IN THAT DAY. See Micah 4:1, Micah 4:6. The Lord will answer the prayer im
CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 5:10. Horses] All human resources on which to depend (Isaiah 2:6; Psalms 20:7). “The Church will never be safe till she is stripped of all creature-trusts, and rests on Jehovah...
EXPOSITION MICAH 5:1 _§ _8_. After Zion_'_s degradation Messiah shall be born, and shall bring the world into subjection._ MICAH 5:1 This verse is joined to the preceding chapter in the Hebrew. Jer...
Now in chapter 5 Micah leaves that scene of the future and he comes back to an intermediate scene. Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: and they shall sm...
Hosea 1:7; Hosea 14:3; Jeremiah 3:23; Psalms 20:7; Psalms 20:8;...
I will cut off — Not in judgment, but in mercy, for there shall be no need of them, nor shall the church of God any more rely on them. Thy chariots — Chariots prepared for war....