Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Micah 4:7
A remnant — Which as they are preserved for a seed, so they take root and increase, and continue to the coming of the Messiah.
A remnant — Which as they are preserved for a seed, so they take root and increase, and continue to the coming of the Messiah.
Verse 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 O...
AND HER THAT WAS CAST OFF A STRONG NATION - The prophecy, that there should be a remnant, was depressing. Yet what a remnant should it be! A remnant, which should multiply like the stars of heaven or...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The future of glory (Micah 4:1) _ 2. The restoration and the final victory (Micah 4:6) Micah 4:1. The last verse predicted the long desolation and ruin of Zion. This is followed at on...
MICAH 4:6 TO MICAH 5:1. EXILE AND RESTORATION: ISRAEL'S VICTORY OVER THE NATIONS. The reference to the Babylonian exile (Micah 4:10) shows that the passage is not earlier than the sixth century, Micah...
HALTED. was lame. A REMNANT. Compare Micah 2:12; Micah 5:3; Micah 5:7; Micah 5:8; Mic
_THE LORD WILL REDEEM HIS PEOPLE -- MICAH 4:6-10:_ Many times the prophets of God talked first about the physical kingdom of Israel and then moved to talk about the spiritual kingdom, the church. Here...
THE RESTORATION OF THE DIASPORA. Micah 4:6-8 RV. In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted; and I wil...
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. I WILL MAKE HER THAT HALT...
BRIGHT VISIONS OF THE FUTURE Micah's view of Israel's future, especially in relation to the nations. He believes that God chose Israel to maintain and teach true religion, and that in this lies Israel...
HERE and in Micah 2:12 Micah expects the return from the Assyrian captivity, not of all Israel, but of the remnant who, remaining faithful to their religion, shall become the stock from which the Mess...
MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS MICAH _LES PAINTER_ CHAPTER 4 4:1-8 NEW JERUSALEM WILL HAVE A HIGH POSITION OVER THE NATIONS There is a big change now in Micah’s *prophecy. He...
‘At that time’ refers to ‘the last days’. It is the same as in verse 1. It is a day in the very distant future. ‘The *LORD declares’ means that God has said it. It is therefore true. God is the *Sheph...
HER THAT HALTED. — Like flocks wearied with heat and journeyings. The promise immediately refers to the return when God would re-establish the Jews, and eventually come Himself to the restored Temple....
וְ שַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶת ־הַ צֹּֽלֵעָה֙ לִ שְׁאֵרִ֔י
ON TIME'S HORIZON Micah 4:1 THE immediate prospect of Zion's desolation which closes chapter 3 is followed in the opening of chapter 4 by an ideal picture of her exaltation and supremacy "in the issu...
THE PROMISE OF PEACE Micah 4:1-13 It is not improbable that Isaiah, Micah 2:1-4, and Micah quoted an older prophecy, which in its fullness, is yet to be fulfilled. In the millennial age Israel, in he...
From this scene of a corrupt people governed by corrupt rulers, the prophet lifts his eyes, and looking into the future sees the day when under true government deliverance will be wrought and the divi...
And I will make her that halted (h) 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. (h) I will cause that Is...
_Remnant, or numerous progeny. --- Afflicted. Hebrew and Septuagint, "repudiated," (Calmet) or "cast off." (Haydock)_...
Here are sweet promises also to the weak and fearful. Halting, and the trembling souls, under the thoughts of being cast off; shall be strengthened. Jesus will be their strength, and their confidence,...
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 then adds, _I will make the halting a remnant _By remnant he understands the surviving Church. Hence the metaphor, halting, is extended even to destruction; as though he said, “Though the Jews for...
But again the prophet, in the spirit of Isaiah, concludes his denunciations of sin, and his prophecies of judgment and desolation, by announcing the full re-establishment of blessing and glory in Zion...
AND I WILL MAKE HER THAT HALTED A REMNANT,.... That is, make a reserve of her, and not utterly cut her off for her halting or sinning; that there may be a seed, a posterity descending from her, that s...
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. Ver. 7. _And I will make her...
_In that day_ At that time; _will I assemble her that halteth _ Or, her that is weak, or bowed down; namely, the Jewish people, weakened with the hard usage of oppressing conquerors. _And I will gathe...
and I will make her that halted a remnant, the nucleus of His Church, AND HER THAT WAS CAST FAR OFF A STRONG NATION, those gathered from spiritual exile; AND THE LORD SHALL REIGN OVER THEM IN MOUNT ZI...
THE GLORY OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD...
1-8 The nations have not yet so submitted to the Prince of Peace, as to beat their swords into ploughshares, nor has war ceased. But very precious promises these are, relating to the gospel church, w...
HER THAT HALTED: see this phrase opened, ZEPHANIAH 3:19, and in this chapter, MICAH 4:6. A REMNANT; which, as they were preserved for a seed, so they should as fruitful seed take root and increase, an...
Micah 4:7 make H7760 (H8804) lame H6760 (H8802) remnant H7611 outcast H1972 (H8737) strong H6099 nation...
HE AGAIN TURNS HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS ‘THAT DAY', THAT DAY WHEN GOD WILL ACTS TO RESTORE HIS PEOPLE (MICAH 4:6). In mind here now is not the final day spoken of in Micah 4:3, but the days of restoratio...
Micah 4:1. _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...
CONTENTS: The future kingdom of Christ on earth and Israel's happy regathering. Battle of Armageddon. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: In the last days of the age, the Kingdom of Christ shall be...
Micah 4:1. _In the last days it shall come to pass._ In the new times, as in Isaiah 4., which Micah had read, and now repeats by the Spirit. In the gospel age the new-testament church, built above the...
_The Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion _ THE BLESSING OF THE INGATHERED ONES I. The character of the assembly. 1. The halt. 2. The banished. 3. The afflicted. From this gather the ruined...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 4:1 Jerusalem and its temple, once destroyed (Micah 3:12), are exalted as a source of instruction, justice, and righteousness ...
MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 4:6 God promises to gather his exiled people to Zion, where they will submit to him as their King. IN THAT DAY. See v. Micah 4:1;...
CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 4:5. Name] _i.e._ profession, and in the strength of Jehovah (cf. 1 Samuel 17:45; Zechariah 10:12; Proverbs 18:1
EXPOSITION MICAH 4:1 § 4. _The prophet suddenly announces the future glory of the temple mountain and the ideal happiness of the people_ MICAH 4:1 BUT. There is no adversative particle here; the ve...
But in the last days (Micah 4:1) Or in the later days. So we move on out into yet the future. This has not yet happened, far from it, but it is going to happen. And I am convinced that it is going to...
Daniel 7:14; Daniel 7:27; Hosea 1:10; Isaiah 10:21; Isaiah 10:22;...