The sense of this verse seems to be, that there shall be great trouble in Israel, until this glorious event of Christ's birth should take place. And certain it is that Israel was brought very low before Christ was born. Some however make these words wholly spiritual with respect to the new birth, in the heart of Christ's people, whose awakenings in grace are well known to be called in scripture travailing in soul. Galatians 4:19.
Verse Micah 5:3. _THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP_] Jesus Christ shall give up the disobedient and rebellious Jews into the hands of all the nations of the earth, till _she who travaileth hath brought...
THEREFORE - Since God has so appointed both to punish and to redeem, He, God, or the Ruler “whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting,” who is God with God, “shall give them up, that i...
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...
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;...
_PROMISES CONCERNING THE MESSIAH -- MICAH 5:1-4:_ Zedekiah was the last king of the separate kingdom of Judah. He had been placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar had even ch...
THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP— _Notwithstanding, he will give them up, until the time that she that beareth,_ &c. The Hebrew word יתנם _itneim,_ rendered _give up,_ signifies properly, says Dr. Sharp...
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...
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP...
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...
WILL HE GIVE THEM UP] better, 'He is giving them up.' SHE WHICH TRAVAILETH, etc.] the reference is to Isaiah's prophecy of immanuel (Isaiah 7:14). THEN THE REMNANT, etc.] better, 'and until the remnan...
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...
Micah says that God will leave his people. That situation will be the result of what has happened before (Micah 4:9; Micah 4:11; Micah 5:1). It will include the exile (when God will send the people ou...
THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP. — There is a suggestion here of a parable, setting forth the smallness of Bethlehem, which gave birth to the mighty Ruler that was to come from it. So the nation was to...
_[Micah 5:2]_ לָכֵ֣ן יִתְּנֵ֔ם עַד ־עֵ֥ת יֹולֵדָ֖ה...
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...
Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] (d) she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. (d) He compares the Jews...
_Forth, till Babylon let them go; (Sanct.) or the Jews shall enjoy the land till Christ come; (St. Jerome, exp. ii.) or he will leave them in their blindness till the nations shall have received the g...
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...
The Prophet here again so moderates his words, that the Jews might understand, that they were to endure many evils before God relieved their miseries. He wished then here to prepare the minds of the g...
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...
THEREFORE WILL HE GIVE THEM UP,.... Or "notwithstanding", as this particle signifies; see Hosea 2:14; though all this shall be, yet, previous to the birth of this person, the Lord would give up the Je...
Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. Ver. 3. _Therefore will he gi...
_Therefore will he give them up_ The particle לכן rendered _therefore_, should rather be here rendered, _nevertheless._ The meaning is, Notwithstanding the promise of so great a blessing, God would gi...
Therefore, because Israel, the people of the Lord, is to be redeemed not by his own power, but by the gracious gift of the Messiah, WILL HE GIVE THEM UP, the Lord giving the covenant nation into the h...
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...
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...
THEREFORE, or nevertheless, as the particle will bear, WILL HE, God, the God of Israel, GIVE THEM UP, to the Chaldeans, to be wasted by them, and to be led into captivity, and to be afflicted there fo...
Micah 5:3 up H5414 (H8799) time H6256 labor H3205 (H8802) birth H3205 (H8804) remnant H3499 brethren...
THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE OF ONE WHO WILL RISE FROM A HUMBLE SMALL TOWN WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE AND WILL BECOME GREAT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (MICAH 5:2). The promise is now made that from the sma...
REMNANT (_ See Scofield) - (Jeremiah 15:21). _...
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 5:3 HE SHALL GIVE THEM UP. Israel will be ruled by others. HIS BROTHERS SHALL RETURN. The Messiah will unite Israel....
CRITICAL NOTES. THOU] invading army (not Judah). US] The prophet identifies himself with the nation. SMITE] The greatest insult (Lamentations 3:30; Matthew 5:39; Matthew 27:30). JUDGE] or king ...
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...
1 Kings 14:16; 2 Chronicles 30:7; Hebrews 1:11; Hebrews 1:12; Hosea
He — God. Give them up — To the Chaldeans. She — The daughter of Zion, compared here to a woman in travail, shall be delivered out of captivity. His brethren — The brethren of the Messiah. Those of Ju...