Micah 5:7 NKJV,NLT

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Micah 5:7

Micah 5:7. And the remnant of Jacob Those who remained after the Assyrian invasion in the days of Hezekiah and Josiah, in whose reigns a considerable reformation was effected; and the remnant that should be carried captive into Babylon, who during their captivity should contribute to spread the knowledge of the one true God among the Chaldeans; (see Daniel 2:47; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 4:34; Daniel 6:26;) and more especially those that should return from captivity under Zerubbabel; shall be in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 5:2-15

God’s chosen king (5:2-15)Ruling over Israel in this golden age will be a king specially chosen by God. He will have only a humble beginning, being born in the small Judean town of Bethlehem. But his ancestry will go back to ancient times, to the great king David, who himself came from Bethlehem and whose dynasty was guaranteed by God to last for ever. This king will have full right to David’s throne, and through him God’s promises to David will be fulfilled (2; cf. 1 Samuel 17:12; 2 Samuel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 5:7

as a dew, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:2 , the same verbal idiom). App-92 . a dew = a night mist. See note on Psalms 133:3 . the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 5:7

"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.""The remnant of the house of Jacob ..." The scattered estate of the once chosen people appears in this. God's purpose in the scattering of Israel was benign, as it regarded all men; because, through the scattered children, the world would have a better opportunity to know the true God of heaven and earth. One must also believe that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Micah 5:7

Micah 5:7. And the remnant of Jacob shall be—as a dew, &c.— The dews were of the greatest service in this land, which was watered by rain only in two seasons of the year. The word dew, therefore, is used figuratively, to express any thing fructifying and exhilarating; and is well applied to the Maccabees, who, relying on the divine help, and without any foreign aid, with a small band overthrew mighty armies of the enemy, and were in their walls like lions; and young lions; bringing the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Micah 5:7

7. remnant of Jacob—already mentioned in Micah 5:3. It in comparative smallness stands in antithesis to the "many people." Though Israel be but a remnant amidst many nations after her restoration, yet she shall exercise the same blessed influence in quickening them spiritually that the small imperceptible dew exercises in refreshing the grass (Deuteronomy 32:2; Psalms 72:6; Psalms 110:3). The influence of the Jews restored from Babylon in making many Gentile proselytes is an earnest of a larger... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:7

In that day the remnant of Jacob will live all over the world scattered among the other nations. "The remnant of Jacob" is one of Micah’s favorite terms for the believing Jews living in the "last days" (cf. Micah 2:12; Micah 4:7; Micah 5:8; Micah 7:18), and here it refers to them after God judges the nations (Micah 5:5-6). The presence of the Jews will be a divine gift to the other people of the world, as dew and rain are to the earth (cf. Genesis 12:3). God will have sent them among the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:7-9

5. The vindication of Zion 5:7-9 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 5:1-15

The Birth of the Messiah1- 5a. Jerusalem is besieged, its ruler insulted by the invader (Micah 5:1). Micah proclaims not only deliverance, but a deliverer. He will arise from Bethlehem, David’s birthplace (Micah 5:2). God raised up thence a ruler who shepherded his people instead of fleecing them, and who represented God’s eternal ideal of a ruler, not his own interests. He will send us in our new need another like the first. And this man shall be our peace (Micah 5:5). It is Micah’s prophecy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 5:7

(7) As a dew from the Lord.—The Jews should, on their return from captivity, pour down their influence upon the nations, as God-sent showers upon the grass. So, through the dispersion of Jewish Christians, on the death of St. Stephen, the Lord caused the knowledge of the truth with which the Jews were cloud-charged to descend upon many people: “He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth” (Psalms 72:6). read more