Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And he shall stand, and shall feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth." — Micah 5:4 (ASV)
He shall stand and feed — that is, He shall stand with the majesty of an assured sovereignty, uniting the dignity of a king with the tenderness of a shepherd’s care—a thought that, underlying the notion of a Jewish monarch , becomes a distinguishing attribute of the King Messiah (Isaiah 40:2; see also the note on Ezekiel 34:2).
His God. —The Messiah was to be subordinate to the Father in heaven—My Father is greater than I—and they—that is, His subjects—shall abide. It is impossible to conceive this prophecy as satisfied by any event short of that which is the foundation of the Christian faith.