NOW. Meanwhile; as in Micah 4:10; Micah 4:11. Showing that Micah 5:1 relates to the interval between the then present time and "that day" of Micah 4:1; Micah 4:6. GATHER THYSELF, &C.: or, thou shalt have sore tribulation [for thy sins], thou daughter of affliction. HE: i.e. the enemy. The Assyrian... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THOU. This marks out the Structure. Compare Micah 4:8 with Micah 5:2. Quoted in Matthew 2:5; Matthew 2:6; John 7:42. BETH-LEHEM EPHRATAH. The full name given, as in Genesis 35:19, thus connecting Genesis 35:21 with Micah 4:8. LITTLE. too little [to rank among]. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL THE TIME: i.e. the end of the "meanwhile" (Micah 5:1). SHE WHICH TRAVAILETH. Compare Micah 4:9; Micah 4:10 -, above. and note there; also John 16:21; John 16:22, and Revelation 12:1. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE: i.e. the Shepherd of Israel. Ref to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:24). App-92. Compare Psalms 80:1.Jeremiah 31:10; Ezekiel 34:23. FEED. tend, or shepherd (as. flock). Compare Micah 7:14.Isaiah 40:11; Isaiah 49:10. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. THEY. Israel, His f... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Hebrew. WHEN, &C. Compare Isaiah 7:20 Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 37:31. THEN, &C. Compare Isaiah 44:28;... [ Continue Reading ]
WASTE. eat up. THE LAND OF NIMROD. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:8). App-92. The name occurs elsewhere only in 1 Chronicles 1:10 and none can deliver. ENTRANCES. passes. Compare Nahum 3:13. WHEN. See note on Micah 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. DEW, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:2, the same verbal idiom). App-92. A DEW. a night mist. See note on Psalms 133:3. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE, &C. This refers to restored Israel "in that day"; not to any other people now. PEOPLE. Hebrew. peoples. AS. LION, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:24; Numbers 24:9). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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". SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. I WILL CUT OFF, &C. See note on Micah 5:9. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 17:16). App-92. C... [ Continue Reading ]
WITCHCRAFTS. sorceries. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10). App-92. HAND. Some codices, with Septuagint, and Syriac, read "hands". SOOTHSAYERS: i.e. users of secret or occult arts.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVEN IMAGES. See Micah 1:7, the same word. STANDING IMAGES. pillars. Probably. _'Asherahs._ See App-42. Compare "groves", Micah 5:14. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:24; Exodus 34:13.Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 7:5). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLUCK UP. root up, or tear down. THY GROVES. thine _'Asherahs._ App-42. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 34:13.Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3). THY CITIES. Ginsburg thinks "thine idols". Authorized Version margin suggests "enemies".... [ Continue Reading ]
HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]