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Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you, is your counselor perished, that pangs have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?

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Your True King Remains

Commentators explain that the questions "Is there no king in you? Is your counsellor perished?" are rhetorical. When earthly leaders fail and the nation faces exile, it feels like all hope is lost. Micah reminds the people that their ultimate King and Counselor, God Himself, has not perished and remains their true source of hope and guidance.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Micah 4:9

18th Century

Theologian

Now - The prophet places himself in the midst of their deepest sorrows, and out of them he promises comfort. Why do you cry out aloud? I…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Micah 4:9

19th Century

Bishop

Now why dost thou cry out aloud? — The prophet places again, side by side with his vision of returned glory, the circumst…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Micah 4:9

19th Century

Preacher

Sometimes, our prayers may be the utterance of our fears rather than of our faith, and then the question comes, "Is there no king in you? Is your C…

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John Calvin

John Calvin

On Micah 4:9–10

16th Century

Theologian

The Prophet blends here things in their nature entirely contrary—that the Jews were for a time to be cut off, and that afterwards they were to reco…

John Gill

John Gill

On Micah 4:9

17th Century

Pastor

Now why do you cry out aloud?
&c.] Or "cry a cry" F23; a vehement one, or set up a most lamentable cry, a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Micah 4:9–13

17th Century

Minister

Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities. They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheaves are ga…

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