Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Micah 5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, or, "High be thine hand above thine oppressors,". and all thine enemies shall be cut off. Cf Isaiah 9:12.
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, or, "High be thine hand above thine oppressors,". and all thine enemies shall be cut off. Cf Isaiah 9:12.
Verse 9. _ALL THINE ENEMIES SHALL BE CUT OFF._] The _Assyrians_, who had destroyed _Israel_; and the _Babylonians_, who had ruined _Judah_....
THEIR HAND SHALL BE LIFTED UP UPON THEIR ADVERSARIES - The might of the Church is the Might of Christ in her, and the glory of the Church is His from whom it comes and to whom it returns. It is all on...
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 ...
MESSIANIC ANTICIPATIONS. This paragraph, like the last, seems to consist of several separate prophecies, viz. Micah 5:2, describing the emergence of a triumphant Davidic ruler; Micah 5:5 f., deliveran...
SHALL BE OUT OFF. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), in the repetition, "cut off", four times in verses: Micah 5:9. All this refers eventually to restored Israel....
_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...
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...
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. THINE HAND SHALL BE LIFTED UP UPON THINE ADVERSARIES. In ("Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will...
5:9 upon (d-7) Or 'above.' adversaries, (e-9) Or 'oppressors.'...
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...
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...
God has given his promise in verses 7 and 8. Now Micah and the *remnant give their answer to that message. ‘You will lift your hand to strike your enemies. You will kill them all.’ (Look at Isaiah 26:...
_[Micah 5:8]_ תָּרֹ֥ם יָדְךָ֖ עַל ־צָרֶ֑יךָ וְ...
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...
Is not this spoken of Christ himself? I do not presume to answer the question. But if it be, it is a blessed promise. And if not, it is still blessed to Christ's people, for it must be to them in him?...
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...
He confirms what is said in the last verse, and expresses in other words what he meant, and what we have explained, — that though the Church must contend with many strong and violent enemies, it will...
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...
THINE HAND SHALL BE LIFTED UP UPON THINE ADVERSARIES,.... O remnant of Jacob or Israel, as the Targum; the church of God; now will be the time that it shall prevail over all the antichristian states;...
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. Ver. 9. _Thine hand shall be lift up upon thine adversaries_] _q.d._ Adversaries thou shalt be sure of, O...
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...
THINE; Messiah, or a people of God, nay both, forasmuch as whatever these can do, they do it, not in their own power, but in Christ's power. THINE HAND; thy strength and power, for so does the Scriptu...
Micah 5:9 hand H3027 lifted H7311 (H8799) adversaries H6862 enemies H341 (H8802) off H3772 (H8735) hand -...
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...
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 5:8. LION] To take vengeance on her enemies (Isaiah 66:15; Zechariah 12:3; Zechariah 14:17); and strike terror into all opponents.
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...
1 Corinthians 15:25; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 11:14; Isaiah 14:2;...
Thine hand — Thou people of God....