Micah 4:1-13

4:1-5 | Micah’s vision resembles Isaiah’s in many respects (Isa. 2:1-5). Since God will someday establish a kingdom of peace, His people should provide a preview of that coming era now by walking in the Lord’s commands (Isa. 2:5) and worshiping Him alone.

4:9-10 | Doom and deliverance are combined in a single utterance. The experience of destruction and exile will be like a woman’s labor pains, yet because of His promises to Abraham (7:20), God would deliver His people from Babylon (2:12-13; Isa. 48:20).

4:11-13 | These warnings were for other nations that might be tempted to gloat at Israel’s suffering: the nation will rise to conquer its oppressors (Isa.9:2-7). The horn symbolizes Israel’s strength (Deut. 33:17), and the bronze hooves symbolize the might of Israel’s feet as they trample over the enemy. The immediate fulfillment of this prophecy came in 701 BC, when the Lord destroyed the Assyrian army outside of Jerusalem (2 Kgs. 19:35-36).