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Micah 4:6-8, King James Version
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Micah 4:6-8
The Lame and Driven Away Become a Remnant under the LORD's Reign
The first gathered are those who limp and those driven away
In that day the LORD will assemble her that halteth, gather her that is driven out, and her that he has afflicted. Restoration does not begin with the already strong. The grammatical objects are people marked by impaired movement, expulsion, and affliction.
Halteth means limps or is lame, not indecision. Disability is not named as punishment, spiritual inferiority, or a defect that must be cured before belonging. Driven away is a passive displacement, not a hike.
They become remnant and nation under the LORD in Zion
The lame are made a remnant, the far-removed a strong nation. The LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. Strong-nation language is reversal under divine reign, not permission for domination.
The tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, is promised the first dominion, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. The flock tower's exact site is uncertain. What is not uncertain is the measure of the reign: injured and expelled people are gathered into secure belonging, not used as props.
How this should shape us
Build access, housing, and decision-making with disabled and displaced people as participants. Do not delay belonging until someone is 'fixed,' and do not turn remnant or kingdom speech into a nationalist program.
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Where do careful interpreters disagree?
Best judgment: Tower, first dominion, date, and the relation of remnant to nation remain debated. The vulnerable-centered gathering is the unit's clearest control.
How certain? probableResearch trail and exact locationsThe source record behind this section
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Micah 4:6-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Mic.xml, 4:6-8
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
NET Bible Micah PDF, printed pp. 1746, translation and notes on 4:6-8
Supports: Whole-book movement, eighth-century and later horizons, literary boundaries, composition, and verse-level alternatives.
Williamson, 'Micah,' Oxford Bible Commentary, printed pp. 597-598, discussion of 4:6-8
Supports: Zion, instruction, adjudication, disarmament, household security, Isaiah 2 parallels, trauma, dating, and compositional alternatives.
Groenewald, 'Micah 4:1-5 and a Judean Experience of Trauma,' pp. 55-71, especially pp. 60-67
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Micah 4:6-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Micah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Mic.xml, 4:6-8
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Micah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Micah PDF, printed pp. 1746, translation and notes on 4:6-8
Open source ↗modern critical commentary
Micah
H. G. M. Williamson
Oxford University Press, in The Oxford Bible Commentary, 2001
Supports: Whole-book movement, eighth-century and later horizons, literary boundaries, composition, and verse-level alternatives.
Exact location: Williamson, 'Micah,' Oxford Bible Commentary, printed pp. 597-598, discussion of 4:6-8
Open source ↗peer reviewed journal article
Micah 4:1-5 and a Judean Experience of Trauma
Alphonso Groenewald
Scriptura 116, 2017
Supports: Zion, instruction, adjudication, disarmament, household security, Isaiah 2 parallels, trauma, dating, and compositional alternatives.
Exact location: Groenewald, 'Micah 4:1-5 and a Judean Experience of Trauma,' pp. 55-71, especially pp. 60-67
Open source ↗