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Micah 4:7
7I will make a new beginning with those people who cannot walk well. Together with some of those people that I sent far away, I will make them my own special people. They will be strong, and I will rule over them from Mount Zion. I will be their king from that time and always.
Micah 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)I will make the lame my remnant, those driven away a strong nation. The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will make the lame a remnant, And the outcast a strong nation; So the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on, even forever.
Context of Micah 4:7
5People from other countries may be the servants of other gods. But we will be servants of the Lord our God. We will obey him always. 6The Lord speaks again: ‘At that time I will bring together the people who cannot walk well. I will bring back the people that I sent away. I caused trouble for those people, but I will bring them back together. I will make a new beginning with those people who cannot walk well. Together with some of those people that I sent far away, I will make them my own special people. They will be strong, and I will rule over them from Mount Zion. I will be their king from that time and always. 8And as for Jerusalem, it was a strong, safe place for Zion's people. It was like a tall building, from which a man can watch over his sheep. Then it will again be a place where a king rules with great authority.’ 9You people in Jerusalem, you are crying aloud like people who have no king. You cry like people who have no wise leader. You have bad pains like a woman who is giving birth to a baby.
Read all of Micah 4Micah 4:7 word by word
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶת־הַצֹּֽלֵעָה֙ לִשְׁאֵרִ֔ית וְהַנַּהֲלָאָ֖ה לְג֣וֹי עָצ֑וּם וּמָלַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ בְּהַ֣ר צִיּ֔וֹן מֵעַתָּ֖ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- her that haltedצָלַעtsâla‛ · to limpH6760
- a remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
- and her that was cast far offהָלָאhâlâ' · to cast far offH1972
- a strongעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
- nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- and the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
- over them in mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
- from henceforth, even forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
- everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
Cross-references for Micah 4:7
- Micah 2:12‘You people of Israel, I promise to bring all of you together. I will bring back together all Israel's people who remain. I will put all of you together like sheep in a field with a wall round it. You will be like a field full of sheep. There will be a loud noise because there will be so many of you.
- Micah 5:3So God will turn away from his people, until the time that the woman gives birth to this baby in Bethlehem. Then this ruler's own people who are still alive will return to Israel.
- Micah 7:18No other god is like you. You chose us to be your people. And you decide not to remember what we have done wrong. Not many of your people remain and we have done bad things. But you choose to forget those bad things. You will not always be angry, because you want very much to be kind.
- Isaiah 6:13Even if only one tenth part of the people remain in the land, enemies will continue to destroy it. It will be like they are cutting down a great oak tree. But the base of the tree with its roots will still be there. From the part that remains, a holy branch will grow.’
- Isaiah 10:21A few of Jacob's descendants will remain, and they will return to serve the mighty God.
- Isaiah 11:11And on that day, the Lord God will bring his people back once again. He will lift up his powerful hand to rescue his people who are still alive. He will bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath and from countries near the sea.
- Isaiah 49:21Then you will think, “Who gave me all these children? Who is their father? I was alone, with no husband. They killed my children or they took them away to a foreign land. I could no longer give birth. So where did all these children come from?” ’
- Isaiah 60:22The least important person among you will become a great family. The smallest person will become a large nation. I am the Lord. When the right time comes, I will cause it to happen quickly!
- Isaiah 66:8Nobody has ever heard of anything like that. Nobody has ever seen that happen before. Can a country be born in just one day? Can a nation be born in a moment? But as soon as Zion's birth pains begin, she has already given birth to her children!
- Hosea 1:10In the future, nobody will be able to count the number of Israel's people. They will be as much as the sand on the shore of the sea. God has said to them, ‘You are not my people.’ But at that time, he will say to them, ‘You are children of the God who lives!’
- Zechariah 9:13I will use Judah and Israel to attack my enemies. I will use you, men from Zion, to attack the men from Greece. I will make you like the long metal knife of a soldier.
- Zechariah 10:5Together they will be like brave soldiers who march through the mud in the streets of their enemies. The Lord is with them and they will fight their enemies. They will pull down the soldiers from their horses.
- Romans 11:5It is the same at this time too. There is a small number of Israel's people that God has chosen to trust him. He has chosen them because he is very kind.
- Psalms 2:6‘I have put my king on his throne in Zion. I have put him on my holy mountain.’
- Isaiah 9:6Yes, your people are happy! A child has been born for us. We now have a son with the authority to rule. His names will be: Wonderful Advisor, Mighty God, Father for Ever, Ruler who brings Peace.
- Isaiah 24:23The moon will hide its face in shame. The bright light of the sun will become dark. Yes, the Lord Almighty will become king on Mount Zion. He will rule with great power in Jerusalem. The leaders of the people will see his great glory.
Commentaries on Micah 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Her 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."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7And 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. It had never competed with the powers of this…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7In the ancient Near East, the survivors of destroyed cities were usually scattered or absorbed into other peoples. But when God rescued Israel’s remnant, those survivors became the beginning of the Lord’s renewed people (Deuteronomy 4:26–31; 30:1–5; 2 Kings 19:31; Isaiah 10:21; Jeremiah 29:10–14; see Ezra 9:8; Nehemiah 1:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. 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 (Is 24:23). for ever--(Is 9:6, 7; Da 7:14, 27; Lu 1:33; Re 11:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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