Micah 4:7
in Micah 4And I will make the lame into a remnant, and the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
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ASV
and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Jehovah will reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth even for ever.
KJV
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
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This verse in Micah 4
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And her that was cast off a strong nation - The prophecy, that there should be a remnant, was depressing. Yet what a remnant should it be! A remnant, which should multiply like the stars of heaven or the sand on the sea-shore. Israel had never been “a strong nation,” as a kingdom of this world. At its best estate, under David, it had subdued the petty nations around it, who were confederated to destroy it.
This site's exposition
assemble her that halteth
on Micah 4:6-8
In that day the Lord gathers the halting and the driven out and the afflicted, turning what was cast off into a strong nation over which the Lord himself reigns in Zion from that time forward. The tower of the flock, Migdal-eder, is addressed directly as the place to which the first dominion returns, the same watchtower name Jacob camped near outside Bethlehem (Genesis 35:21), which the bench sets beside the ruler who will come from that same district in the next chapter. The kingdom returning to the daughter of Jerusalem answers the fallen dominion of the house of David that the book has assumed throughout.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter IV - Verses 1 onwards) And it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, and many nations shall come, and say: 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.'
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), that remnant according to the election of grace which is spoken of in Rom. xi. 7 , which embraced the gospel of Christ. And from among the Gentiles that were cast far off (so the Gentiles are described to be, Eph. ii.
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The good people among them, and in other places, that were well inclined, were dispersed, were very infirm, and in a manner lost and cast far off. It is promised that all these grievances shall be redressed and the distemper healed. Christ will come himself ( Matt. xv.
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And I will make her that halted a remnant,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
I will make her that halted a remnant--I will cause a remnant to remain which shall not perish. Lord shall reign . . . in . . . Zion--David's kingdom shall be restored in the person of Messiah, who is the seed of David and at the same time Jehovah (Isa 24:23). for ever-- (Isa 9:6, 7;
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Her that halted a remnant - I will preserve them as a distinct people after their return from captivity, for the farther purposes of my grace and mercy. And the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion - The Chaldee is remarkable here, and positively applies the words to the Messiah: “But thou, O Messiah, of Israel, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee.”
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י | vesamti | and I will make | H7760 → | 584 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַצֹּֽלֵעָה֙ | hatzoleah | the [one who was] lame | H6760 → | |
| לִשְׁאֵרִ֔ית | lisherit | into a remnant | H7611 → | 66 times |
| וְהַנַּהֲלָאָ֖ה | vehanahalaah | and the [one who was] straying | H1972 → | |
| לְג֣וֹי | legoy | into a nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| עָצ֑וּם | ʾatzum | mighty | H6099 → | |
| וּמָלַ֨ךְ | umalakh | and he will reign | H4427 → | |
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ʾaleihem | over them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בְּהַ֣ר | behar | in [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| צִיּ֔וֹן | tziyon | Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| מֵעַתָּ֖ה | meatah | from now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עוֹלָֽם׃ פ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יand I will make
vesamtiH7760 →584 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַצֹּֽלֵעָה֙the [one who was] lame
hatzoleahH6760 →
לִשְׁאֵרִ֔יתinto a remnant
lisheritH7611 →66 times
וְהַנַּהֲלָאָ֖הand the [one who was] straying
vehanahalaahH1972 →
לְג֣וֹיinto a nation
legoyH1471 →561 times
עָצ֑וּםmighty
ʾatzumH6099 →
וּמָלַ֨ךְand he will reign
umalakhH4427 →
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֲלֵיהֶם֙over them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
בְּהַ֣רin [the] mountain of
beharH2022 →546 times
צִיּ֔וֹןZion
tziyonH6726 →154 times
מֵעַתָּ֖הfrom now
meatahH6258 →433 times
וְעַד־and until
vead-H5704 →1261 times
עוֹלָֽם׃ פperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 1:33and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
it leads to
- Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 1:8
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Daniel 7:13–14
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led…
- 2 Samuel 7:16
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- Daniel 2:44
Through
Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
it leads to
- Daniel 7:27
Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- 1 Corinthians 15:24–28
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
- Daniel 7:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Micah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.