Micah 4:1--5:15
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.]
shouting <07321> [why.]
king <04428> [is there.]
pain <02427> [for.]
strain <01518> [and labour.]
leave .................... rescued <03318 05337> [shalt thou.]
rescued <05337> [there shalt.]
deliver <01350> [redeem.]
Many <07227> [many.]
<05869> [let our.]
know <03045> [they know.]
gathered <06908> [for he shall.]
thresh <01758> [and thresh.]
hooves <06541> [hoofs.]
crush <01854> [thou shalt.]
devote <02763> [I will consecrate.]
sovereign Ruler ..... earth <0113 0776> [the Lord of.]
slash <01413> [gather.]
surrounded <07760> [he hath.]
strike <05221> [they.]
ruler <08199> [judge.]
Bethlehem <01035> [But thou.]
Ephrathah <0672> [Ephratah.]
[Ephrath.]
clans <0505> [among.]
clans <0505> [thousands.]
emerge <03318> [yet.]
rule over <04910> [that is.]
origins <04163> [whose.]
distant past <03117> [everlasting. or, the days of eternity.]
hand <05414> [Therefore.]
hand <05414> [give.]
labor ... birth <03205> [she.]
rest <03499> [then.]
countrymen <0251> [his.]
assume his post <05975> [stand.]
shepherd <07462> [feed. or, rule.]
sovereign <01347> [in the majesty.]
<03068> [the Lord.]
live securely <03427> [shall abide.]
honored <01431> [shall he be great.]
peace <07965> [this.]
Assyrians <0804> [when the.]
send <06965> [then.]
seven <07651> [seven.]
commanders <05257 0120> [principal men. Heb. princes of men.]
<07462> [they.]
<07462> [waste. Heb. eat up. the land of Nimrod.]
sword ..... rescue <06607 05337> [in the entrances thereof. or, with her own naked swords. thus.]
Assyria .................... Assyrians <0804> [the Assyrian.]
survivors <07611> [the remnant.]
dew <02919> [as a dew.]
hope <06960> [tarrieth.]
lion <0738> [as a lion.]
sheep <06629> [sheep. or, goats. and none.]
hand <03027> [hand.]
destroy <03772> [that I.]
destroy <03772> [will cut.]
This seems to refer to those happy times when the Jews shall be converted and restored to their own land: and all their enemies being destroyed, they shall have no further need of cavalry or fenced cities.
tear <02040> [and throw.]
idols <06456> [graven.]
sacred pillars <04676> [standing images. or, statues. no.]
<06145> [cities. or, enemies.]
