Micah 4:8

And you, cloudy tower of the flock of the daughter of Zion, even to you it will come. And the first power will arrive, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

In Context

7And I will place the lame within the remnant, and she who had been in distress, within a healthy people. And the Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion, from the present time and even unto eternity.

9Now, why have you come together in grief? Is there not a king in you, or has your counselor gone away? For sorrow has overtaken you, like the pain of giving birth.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:21Departing from there, he pitched his tent beyond the Tower of the Flock.

2 Samuel 5:7But David seized the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

Psalms 24:7Do not remember the offenses of my youth and my ignorances. Remember me according to your mercy, because of your goodness, O Lord.

Song of Solomon 4:4Your neck is like the tower of David, which was built with ramparts: a thousand shields are hanging from it, all the armor of the strong.

Isaiah 5:2And he fenced it in, and he picked the stones out of it, and he planted it with the best vines, and he built a tower in the middle of it, and he set up a winepress within it. And he expected it to produce grapes, but it produced wild vines.

Daniel 2:44But in the days of those kingdoms, the God of heaven will inspire a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and his kingdom will not be handed over to another people, and it will crush and will consume all these kingdoms, and this kingdom itself will stand in eternity.

Matthew Henry on Micah 4:2-8

The Prosperity of the Church Predicted. ( b. c. 726.) 1 But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord , and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the… Read the whole commentary →

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