Micah 4:1-8
future <0319> [in the last.]
Mount ....... mountain <02022> [the mountain.]
People <05971> [and people.]
saying <0559> [and say.]
teach <03384> [and he.]
instruction <08451> [for.]
arbitrate <08199> [he shall judge.]
settle <03198> [and rebuke.]
beat <03807> [they shall.]
pruning hooks <04211> [pruninghooks. or, scythes. neither.]
sit <03427> [But.]
The connection of this prophecy with the close of the preceding chapter shews that the establishment of the Christian Church, in consequence of the abrogation of the Mosaic dispensation, and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, was intended. But, though it has in a measure been fulfilling ever since these events, yet its grand accomplishment must still be future.
sit <03427> [they.]
fear <02729> [none.]
<06310> [for.]
nations <05971> [all.]
<03212> [and we.]
gods .... follow <08034> [the name.]
gather <0622> [will I.]
assemble <06908> [and I.]
transform <07760> [I will.]
Lord <03068> [and the.]
watchtower <04026> [O tower.]
The Targumist applies these words to the Messiah: "But thou, O Messiah, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee."
flock <05739> [the flock. or, Edar.]
fortress <06076> [the strong.]
former <07223> [the first.]
