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Page 5
Micheas Chapter 5
The birth of Christ in Bethlehem: his reign and spiritual conquests.
5:1. Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have
laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the
judge of Israel.
Daughter of the robber... Some understand this of Babylon; which robbed
and pillaged the temple of God: others understand it of Jerusalem; by
reason of the many rapines and oppressions committed there.
5:2. And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of
Juda, out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in
Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of
eternity.
His going forth, etc... That is, he who as man shall be born in thee, as
God was born of his Father from all eternity.
5:3. Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that
travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be
converted to the children of Israel.
5:4. And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the
height of the name of the Lord, his God: and they shall be converted,
for now shall he be magnified even to the ends of the earth.
5:5. And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into
our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall
raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
The Assyrian... That is, the persecutors of the church: who are here
called Assyrians by the prophet: because the Assyrians were at that time
the chief enemies and persecutors of the people of God.-Ibid. Seven
shepherds, etc... Viz., the pastors of God's church, and the defenders
of the faith. The number seven in scripture is taken to signify many:
and when eight is joined with it, we are to understand that the number
will be very great.
5:6. And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the
land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the
Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in
our borders.
They shall feed, etc... They shall make spiritual conquests in the lands
of their persecutors, with the word of the spirit, which is the word of
God. Eph. 6.17.
5:7. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples, as
a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for
man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.
The remnant of 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.
5:8. And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst
of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forests, and as a
young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, when he shall go through, and
tread down, and take there is none to deliver.
As a lion, etc... This denotes the fortitude of these first preachers;
and their success in their spiritual enterprises.
5:9. Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies
shall be cut off.
5:10. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will
take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy
chariots.
I will take away thy horses, etc... Some understand this, and all that
follows to the end of the chapter, as addressed to the enemies of the
church. But it may as well be understood of the converts to the church:
who should no longer put their trust in any of these things.
5:11. And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all
thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and
there shall be no divinations in thee.
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