Micah 5:7 NKJV,NLT

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Micah 5:1-15

THE KING TO COMEMicah 4:8 - Micah 5:1-15WHEN a people has to be purged of long injustice, when some high aim of liberty or of order has to be won, it is remarkable how often the drama of revolution passes through three acts. There is first the period of criticism and of vision, in which men feel discontent, dream of new things, and put their hopes into systems: it seems then as if-the future were to come of itself. But often a catastrophe, relevant or irrelevant, ensues: the visions pale before... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Micah 5:1-15

CHAPTER 5 1. The siege and the smitten judge (Micah 5:1 ) 2. The smitten judge: Who he is (Micah 5:2 ) 3. The events of the future: (Micah 5:3 ) 4. The Rejected One, the Shepherd of Israel (Micah 5:4-6 ) 5. The remnant of Jacob and the kingdom (Micah 5:7-15 ) Micah 5:1 . This interesting chapter presents difficulties, but they all vanish if we view all in the light of the future as revealed in the prophetic Word. Here it is necessary to divide the Word of Truth rightly, or we shall... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Micah 5:7

5:7 And the {i} remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.(i) This remnant or Church which God will deliver will only depend on God’s power and defence (as does the grass of the field), and not on the hope of man. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Micah 5:1-15

MICAH INTRODUCTION The little known of Micah is briefly stated. Calling himself a Morasthite indicates Moresheth, or Mareshah, as his birthplace in southwestern Judah, near Gath. The time of his prophesying is shown in the same verse (by the reference to the kings of Judah) as between 758-700 B.C. He seems to be the writer of his own book, if we may judge from the personal allusions in chapter 3:1, 8, and to have died in peace, judging by Jeremiah 26:18-19 . He is frequently referred to as a... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Micah 5:1-15

The Glory of the Church Micah 4:0 , Micah 5:0 We cut up our time into days and years, little spaces and periods, and we magnify them exceedingly by the trifling incidents which occur within them; but to the prophetic gaze the whole question of time was divided into two the first days, and the last days; the days before Christ, and the days after Christ. As to all that went between, it was matter of detail and necessary progress, and sequential development. How much we lose by frittering away... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Micah 5:7

This is a very lovely description of the people of God. They art called a remnant. So they are in the Gospel; and a little flock. Romans 9:27 . Taken from Isaiah 10:21-22 ; Luke 12:32 . They are promised to be distinguished from the world around them by divine blessings, as the fleece of Gideon, from the dry earth. Judges 6:36-38 . But how beautiful the figure. They are to be as the dew, and from the Lord. And what is this? and how is it known? The Lord hath said by Hosea, I will be as the dew... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Micah 5:7

Jacob; viz., the apostles, and the first preachers of the Jewish nation, whose doctrine, like dew, shall make the plants of the converted Gentiles grow up, without waiting for any man to cultivate them by human learning. (Challoner) --- Under Hystaspes, the husband of Esther, the Jews enjoyed rest, and Providence protected them. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Micah 5:7-15

7-15 The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of the Christian church. In like manner shall we be assured of victory in our... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Micah 5:1-15

The Person and the Rule of Messiah. Having described the conditions and circumstances under which the period of Messianic glory would be established, the prophet now turns to the direct prediction concerning the person and the work of the coming Redeemer. v. 1. Now gather thyself in troops, namely, in order to resist the enemy, O daughter of troops, Jerusalem herself being so designated as the type of the Church Militant; he hath laid siege against us, rather, impersonal, "siege is laid... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Micah 5:1-15

See Micah 4:1 ff for the passage comments with footnotes.(cf. Micah 5:1). נכון stands emphatically as the expression which, from the ancient promise 2 Samuel 7:16; 2 Samuel 7:26, has be come the usual one, for the unchangeable establishment of anything by Almighty God, who can build firmly even on the floods of waters (Psalms 24:2; cf. Psalms 93:2). Parallel to this the following member says: and it (Zion) shall be exalted above the hills (cf. Ezekiel 17:22 f.). The ideal significance ot both... read more