Micah 4:3 KJV — MannaFest

Micah 4:3

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

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ASV

and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

WEB

Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

YLT

And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

DBT

And he shall judge among many peoples, and reprove strong nations, even afar off; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

About this book

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Micah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.

Author: Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
Date: c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

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Isaiah 2:4
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Psalms 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Joel 3:9–16
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Matthew 25:31–32
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

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Almost identical with Isa 2:2-4. the mountain of the house of the Lord--which just before (Mic 3:12) had been doomed to be a wild forest height. Under Messiah, its elevation is to be not that of situation, but of moral dignity, as the seat of God's universal empire. people shall flow into it--In Isaiah it is "all nations": a more universal prophecy.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

rebuke--convict of sin (Joh 16:8, 9); and subdue with judgments (Ps 2:5, 9; 12:5). many people . . . strong nations afar off--In Isa 2:4 it is "the nations . . . many people."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

He - The Messiah shall act as a judge and king. Rebuke - So Christ commissioned his apostles, to teach all nations.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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MIC 4:3ISA 2:4 ISA 11:6-9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 4:3ISA 2:4 PSA 46:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MIC 4:3ISA 2:4 HOS 2:18
MIC 4:3ISA 2:4 ZEC 9:10
MIC 4:3ISA 2:4 ISA 60:17-18
MIC 4:3HOS 2:18 EZE 34:25
MIC 4:3ACT 17:31 ROM 2:16
MIC 4:3ACT 17:31 2PE 3:7

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