Later text
Micah 4:5BSB
Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
Intertextuality Pair
Allusion
Later text
Micah 4:5BSB
Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
Earlier text
Isaiah 2:5BSB
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Micah 4:5 declares "we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever" (נֵלֵךְ בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה, nelekh beshem YHWH), while Isaiah 2:5 exhorts "Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD" (נֵלְכָה בְּאוֹר יְהוָה, nelkhah be'or YHWH). Both texts share the root הלך (halakh, "to walk") in the context of responding to the eschatological vision of Zion's exaltation that both prophets articulate in nearly identical terms. Micah's response emphasizes exclusive allegiance to Yahweh amid surrounding peoples who follow other gods, while Isaiah's emphasizes walking in God's "light" (אוֹר, or) as moral illumination. Together they present covenant faithfulness as the appropriate response to the vision of universal Zion.