This man — The Messiah. The peace — Which is promised to the people of God; all their deliverances are not only for his sake, but effected by his power. Shall tread in our palaces — Which Sennacherib did in all the cities of Judah, except Jerusalem. We — Hezekiah, and with him the prophets and people, shall prevail with God to send deliverance. Seven shepherds — A certain number put for an uncertain.
Verse Micah 5:5. _AND THIS_ MAN _SHALL BE THE PEACE_] This clause should be joined to the preceding verse, as it finishes the prophecy concerning our blessed Lord, who is the _Author_ and _Prince of_...
AND THIS MAN SHALL BE THE PEACE - This, emphatically, that is, “This Same,” as is said of Noah, “This same shall comfort us” Genesis 5:29, or, in the song of Moses, of the Lord, “This Same is my God”...
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...
THIS MAN, &C.. this [great Shepherd of Israel]. Compare Psalms 72:7; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 9:7; Zechariah 9:10. ASSYRIAN. This is emphatic in He
_PROTECTION FOR GOD'S PEOPLE -- MICAH 5:5-7:_ The children of Israel would spend seventy years in captivity as promised by the Almighty. God promised that He would raise up, "seven shepherds and eight...
DISCOURSE: 1210 CHRIST OUR PEACE IN TROUBLE [Note: Preached in July, 1803.] Micah 5:5. _This man shall be the Peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land_. IT is of the very nature of prophecy...
WHEN THE ASSYRIAN SHALL COME, &C.— Instead of, _Shall we raise against him,_ &c. in Micah 5:5. Houbigant reads, _Seven shepherds and eight princes of the people shall be raised against them;_ Micah 5:...
FOCUS ON THE MESSIAH. Micah 5:2-6 RV. But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose...
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. THIS M...
5:5 princes (b-33) As Psalms 83:11 ; Ezekiel 32:30 ; &c.. cf. also 'chiefs,' Joshua 13:21 ....
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...
EIGHT PRINCIPAL MEN] Seven was sufficiency, eight is super-abundance. 'We shall not want for leaders.'...
Micah’s message is that the *Messiah will rule the world. His rule will bring his peace. Here Micah uses the words ‘our’ and ‘us’. It means that the *Messiah will rule together with his loyal people....
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...
AND THIS MAN SHALL BE THE PEACE — _i.e._, He shall Himself be Peace (after the same idiomatic expression David speaks of himself, “For my love they are my adversaries, but _I_ am _Prayer_” — Psalms 10...
_[Micah 5:4]_ וְ הָיָ֥ה זֶ֖ה שָׁלֹ֑ום אַשּׁ֣וּר...
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 this [man] (f) shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. (f...
Peace. This regards Christ and not Zorobabel. (Calmet) --- Assyrian. That is, the persecutors of the Church; who are here called Assyrians by the prophet, because the Assyrians were at that time the c...
Wherefore the translators of our Bible into English, put in the word man into the first of these verses, I know not, for certain it is they had no authority to do so, not being in the original. But we...
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...
Micah, as I have said, confirms his former statement. By the word _dwell, _he no doubt meant a quiet and peaceable inhabitation; as though he had said, that the children of God would, under Christ, be...
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 THIS [MAN] SHALL BE THE PEACE,.... The word man is not in the text, only this; and refers to the person before spoken of, who was to be born in Bethlehem, to be the ruler in Israel, that should st...
And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. Ver. 5...
_This man shall be the peace_ Christ is our peace as a priest, making atonement for sin, and reconciling us to God: he is our peace as a king, conquering our enemies, protecting us against their attac...
And this Man shall be the Peace, the name rightly applied to the Messiah by Paul in the wonderful passage describing the effect of His redemption for all mankind, Ephesians 2:14. Cf Isaiah 9:6. When t...
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...
PRINCIPAL MEN: _ Heb._ princes of men...
1-6 Having showed how low the house of David would be brought, a prediction of the Messiah and his kingdom is added to encourage the faith of God's people. His existence from eternity as God, and his...
This verse, as the former, is abstruse, and the particulars are not easily accommodated to times and things. AND THIS; so the Hebrew, and it may be read as the neuter gender, and be referred to time,...
Micah 5:5 peace H7965 Assyrian H804 comes H935 (H8799) land H776 treads H1869 (H8799) palaces H759 raise...
PRIOR TO HIS COMING YHWH WILL BRING ABOUT THE WASTING OF THE ASSYRIANS BY MEANS OF SEVEN SHEPHERDS AND EIGHT PRINCIPAL MEN BUT HIS PEOPLE WILL NEVERTHELESS END UP IN EXILE AMONG THE NATIONS. (MICAH 5:...
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...
_And this Man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land _ PEACE IN CHRIST AMID INVADING FOES This is an announcement of the mission of our Saviour. He is to be peace. Two facts...
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 5:5 True PEACE among people is achieved by the Messiah, who overcomes conflict (compare Ephesians 2:14). The Assyrian
CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 5:5. Man] Heb. _this_, emphatic (Genesis 5:29); the cause or author of _peace_ between God and man (Zechariah 9:10;...
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...
Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 1:21; Ecclesiastes 11:2