Micah 4:7

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

5Though all the peoples walk Each in the name of his god, As for us, we will walk In the name of the Lord our God forever and ever. 6“In that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble the lame And gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted. I will make the lame a remnant And the outcasts a strong nation, And the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever. 8As for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come-- Even the former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. 9“Now, why do you cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

Micah 4:7 word by word

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י אֶת־הַצֹּֽלֵעָה֙ לִשְׁאֵרִ֔ית וְהַנַּהֲלָאָ֖ה לְג֣וֹי עָצ֑וּם וּמָלַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֤ה עֲלֵיהֶם֙ בְּהַ֣ר צִיּ֔וֹן מֵעַתָּ֖ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

• I will makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the lameצָלַעtsâla‛ · to limpH6760
• remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• And the outcastsהָלָאhâlâ' · to cast far offH1972
• a strongעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• them in Mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• From nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• on and foreverעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• on and foreverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Micah 4:7

• Micah 2:12“I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with men.
• Micah 5:3Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel.
• Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love.
• Isaiah 6:13Yet there will be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump.”
• Isaiah 10:21A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
• Isaiah 11:11Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
• Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; From where did these come?’”
• Isaiah 60:22The smallest one will become a clan, And the least one a mighty nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”
• Isaiah 66:8Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons.
• Hosea 1:10Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, “You are not My people,” It will be said to them, “You are the sons of the living God.”
• Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
• Zechariah 10:5They will be as mighty men, Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle; And they will fight, for the Lord will be with them; And the riders on horses will be put to shame.
• Romans 11:5In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.
• Psalms 2:6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
• Isaiah 9:6For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
• Isaiah 24:23Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders.

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

Topics related to Micah 4:7

• Church
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• Jesus, the Christ
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In the dictionaries

• Halt
• Micah (2)
• Reign
• Rekem
• Remnant
• Zion

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