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Micah 4:8

And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

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ASV

And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

KJV

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֣הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
מִגְדַּל־mig.dal-O MigdalH4029 →
עֵ֗דֶר'E.derEderH4029 →
עֹ֛פֶל'O.felO hill ofH6076 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726 →
עָדֶ֣יךָ'a.Dei.khato youH5704 →
תֵּאתֶ֑הte.Tehit will comeH857 →
וּבָאָ֗הu.va.'Ahand it will comeH935 →
הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה֙ha.mem.sha.Lahthe dominionH4475 →
הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔הha.Ri.sho.Nah<the> formerH7223 →
מַמְלֶ֖כֶתmam.Le.kheta kingdomH4467 →
לְבַ֥ת־le.Vat-to [the] daughter ofH1323 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →

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Zephaniah 3:14Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!Isaiah 1:26I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.Zechariah 9:10And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.Obadiah 1:21The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.Genesis 35:21Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.Zechariah 9:12Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.Daniel 2:44In 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 and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).Psalms 48:12–13March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,Numbers 24:19A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”Ephesians 1:21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.Matthew 21:33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.Isaiah 5:2He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’2 Kings 19:21This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.Isaiah 10:32Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

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About Micah

Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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