Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Micah 5:8
Verse 8. As a lion] In this and the following verse the victories of the Maccabees are supposed to be foretold.
Verse 8. As a lion] In this and the following verse the victories of the Maccabees are supposed to be foretold.
AND THE REMNANT OF JACOB SHALL BE AS A YOUNG LION - o: “What more unlike than the sweetness of the dew and the fierceness of the lion? What so different as the gentle shower distilling on the herb, an...
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, &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....
_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...
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both tread...
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...
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...
AS A LION AMONG THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST. — There is righteous wrath as well as all-embracing mercy with God. Christ, whose graciousness is likened to the dew, and His gentleness to the lamb, is at th...
_[Micah 5:7]_ וְ הָיָה֩ שְׁאֵרִ֨ית יַעֲקֹ֜ב בַּ...
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...
_Lion. This denotes the fortitude of these first preachers, and their success in their spiritual enterprises. (Challoner) --- The Jews, by leave of Assuerus, defended themselves; and the Machabees bec...
The same distinguishing blessings on Jacob's remnant, only adopting another figure, are here promised, to show the freedom of God's grace and love to his people. In the former Jacob's remnant is made...
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...
Then follows this promise, — that God will arm his people with invincible and irresistible power, that they may be superior to all their enemies. Hence he says, that _the residue of Israel shall be li...
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 THE REMNANT OF JACOB SHALL BE AMONG THE GENTILES IN THE MIDST OF MANY PEOPLE,.... The same persons are meant here as before; who are compared to dew and showers of rain, because numerous; and full...
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treade...
_And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles as a lion _ For strength and courage, which the beasts of the forest dare not oppose, and cannot resist. This seems to be a prediction of what was...
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, like a true city of the Lord, Psalms 46, AS A LION AMONG THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST, to whom they must yield without que...
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...
SHEEP: Or, goats...
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...
IN THE MIDST OF MANY PEOPLE; see MICAH 5:7; who are enemies, that do injure them. AS A LION for strength and courage, which _the beasts of the forest_ dare not oppose: and cannot resist, so Should thi...
Micah 5:8 remnant H7611 Jacob H3290 Gentiles H1471 midst H7130 many H7227 peoples H5971 lion H738 beasts H929 forest...
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...
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...
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 5:7 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
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...
2 Corinthians 2:15; Acts 18:6; Hebrews 12:25; Hebrews 2:3; Isaiah
As a lion — For strength and courage, which the beasts of the forest dare not oppose, and cannot resist....