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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be—as a dew, &c.— The dews were of the greatest service in this land, which was watered by rain only in two seasons of the year. The word dew, therefore, is used figuratively, to express any thing fructifying and exhilarating; and is well applied to the Maccabees, who, relying on the divine help, and without any foreign aid, with a small band overthrew mighty armies of the enemy, and were in their walls like lions; and young lions; bringing the greatest comfort and the highest honour to their afflicted country. See Houbigant.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Micah 5:7. _THE REMNANT OF JACOB_] From the reign of _Darius_ _Hystaspes_ (_Ahasuerus_, husband of _Esther_) the Jews were greatly favoured. Those who continued in Persia and Chaldea were greatl...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE REMNANT OF JACOB - Micah (Micah 4:7), as well as Isaiah (Isaiah 10:21), had prophesied, that a remnant only should return unto the Mighty God. These, though very many in themselves, are yet bu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1211 THE JEWS A BLESSING TO THE WORLD Micah 5:7. _The remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. AND THE REMNANT OF J...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.' The influence of Messiah is not to be confined to Israel. TARRIETH NOT FOR MAN] the mysterious dewfall, inexplicable by man, is meant. 9. Better read as a prayer: 'let thine han...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The words ‘will be’ start another message about the ‘last days’ (last period). It is about the events after the *Messiah’s birth. It is about the *remnant from Jacob’s family (Micah 4:7). Micah uses t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AS A DEW FROM THE LORD. — The Jews should, on their return from captivity, pour down their influence upon the nations, as God-sent showers upon the grass. So, through the dispersion of Jewish Christia...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Micah 5:6]_ וְ הָיָ֣ה ׀ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֗ב בְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the (i) remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. (i) This remnant o...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Jacob; viz., the apostles, and the first preachers of the Jewish nation, whose doctrine, like dew, shall make the plants of the converted Gentiles grow up, without waiting for any man to cultivate th...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This is a very lovely description of the people of God. They art called a remnant. So they are in the Gospel; and a little flock. Romans 9:27. Taken from Isaiah 10:21; Luke 12:32. They are promised to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Micah promises here two things as to the future state of the Church, — that God shall defend it without the help and aid of men, — and that he will supply it with strength, so that it will become supe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE REMNANT OF JACOB SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF MANY PEOPLE,.... The Jews, who will be converted in the latter day, the remnant of them according to the election of grace, as well as all true Israel...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. Ver. 7. _And the remna...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the remnant of Jacob_ Those who remained after the Assyrian invasion in the days of Hezekiah and Josiah, in whose reigns a considerable reformation was effected; and the remnant that should be ca...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the remnant of Jacob, the spiritual Israel, SHALL BE IN THE MIDST OF MANY PEOPLE, literally, "in the midst of the abundance of the nations,". AS A DEW FROM THE LORD, with its refreshing power, AS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE REMNANT OF JACOB; both the remnant which surviveth the sacking and burning of their city and temple, and, carried captive, live in a scattered condition; and the whole remnant, according to the el...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Micah 5:7 remnant H7611 Jacob H3290 midst H7130 many H7227 peoples H5971 dew H2919 LORD H3068 showers H7241 grass...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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:...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MEANWHILE ISRAEL/JUDAH WILL HAVE BEEN SCATTERED AMONG MANY NATIONS, WHERE THEY WILL BE LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN, AND YHWH WILL BE WITH THEM AND WATCH OVER THEM (MICAH 5:7). The defeat of Assyria will not...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    REMNANT The ministry of the Jewish remnant (Isaiah 1:9). (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 11:5) _ has a twofold aspect, "a dew from the Lord"; "a lion among the beasts." Turning to the Lord in the great...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord _ CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE This text may suggest the beneficial influence which God’s people are intended and calcula...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:7 DELAY NOT... NOR WAIT. Like DEW and rain, the remnant of Israel will help other people. God will make this happen. GOES THROUGH, TREADS... TEARS... NONE TO DELIVER

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES. Micah 5:7. Rem.] Shall quicken and have the same influence as imperceptible DEW] (Deuteronomy 32:2; Psalms 72:6). An earnest of greater blessings hereafter ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 3:6; Acts 11:15; Acts 13:46; Acts 16:9; Acts 9:15;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    As a dew — This remnant wherever they are, shall multiply as the dew that refreshes the grass, so where this remnant is, it shall be a blessing to those about them, that use them friendly. As the show...

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