Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 4

53 catchwords508 parallels

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Micah 4 . 1 , The glory , Micah 4 . 5 , and the peace of Christ’s kingdom; Micah 4 . 6 , The restoration , Micah 4 . 11. and victory of the church.

Micah 4:1

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

Micah 4:1 · BSB

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Micah 4:2

And many nations will come and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Micah 4:2 · BSB

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Micah 4:3

Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

Micah 4:3 · BSB

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pruninghooks or , scythes

Micah 4:4

And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

Micah 4:4 · BSB

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But The connection of this prophecy with the close of the preceding chapter shews that the establishment of the Christian Church , in consequence of the abrogation of the Mosaic dispensation , and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans , was intended. But , though it has in a measure been fulfilling ever since these events , yet its grand accomplishment must still be future.

Micah 4:5

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.

Micah 4:5 · BSB

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Micah 4:6

“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.

Micah 4:6 · BSB

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Micah 4:7

And I will make the lame into a remnant, and the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

Micah 4:7 · BSB

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Micah 4:8

And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem."

Micah 4:8 · BSB

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The Targumist applies these words to the Messiah . "But thou , O Messiah , who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion , the kingdom shall come unto thee."

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Micah 4:9

Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Micah 4:9 · BSB

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Micah 4:10

Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!

Micah 4:10 · BSB

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Micah 4:11

But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

Micah 4:11 · BSB

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Micah 4:12

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Micah 4:12 · BSB

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Micah 4:13

Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Micah 4:13 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web17 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Micah 4:1 → Isaiah 2:2
Allusions Micah 4:3 → Joel 3:10, Micah 4:4 → 2 Kings 18:31, Micah 4:5 → Isaiah 2:5, Micah 4:8 → Genesis 35:21, Zechariah 3:10 → Micah 4:4, Zechariah 8:21-22 → Micah 4:2-3
Echoes Micah 4:4 → 1 Kings 4:25
Trajectories
Divine Warrior (God Who Fights), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Kingdom of God (Stone Kingdom), Last Days Eschatology, New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
Chiasms
Shaped Micah 3:9–4:3, Micah 4:1–5:15, Micah 4:5–5:4
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