9<\/strong>. An exulting address to Israel marching forth against his enemies.<\/p>\n Thine hand shall be<\/em> ] Rather, ‘let thine hand be;’ similarly in the next clause.<\/p>\n Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries – <\/B>The might of the Church is the Might of Christ in her, and the glory of the Church is His from whom it comes and to whom it returns. It is all one, whether this be said to Christ or to the remnant of Jacob, that is, His Church. Her enemies are His, and hers only because they are His, and hate her as belonging to Him. They shall be cut off, either ceasing to be His enemies, or ceasing to be, as Julian or Arius or antichrist, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of His Mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His Coming 2Th 2:8<\/span>. And in the end, Satan also, over whom Christ gave the Apostles power to tread on all the power of the Enemy Luk 10:19<\/span>, shall be bruised under our feet Rom 16:20<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 9. All thine enemies shall be cut off.<\/B><\/I>] The Assyrians<\/I>, who had destroyed Israel<\/I>; and the Babylonians<\/I>, who had ruined Judah<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Thine; Messiah, or a people of God, nay both, forasmuch as whatever these can do, they do it, not in their own power, but in Christs power. <\/P> Thine hand; thy strength and power, for so does the Scripture usually express strength or might. <\/P> Shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries; shall be greatly exalted, and shall be wonderfully successful against enemies, who in great multitudes did set upon the people of God; such were those who fought the Maccabees, and were defeated by them. <\/P> All thine enemies, who do obstinately hold on in the enmity of their natures, ways, and doings, <\/P> shall be cut off; finally, certainly, eternally, and dreadfully perish. This hath a partial fulfilling now, but its full completion will be when Christ will appear the Judge of quick and dead, when all his enemies shall be made his footstool, Psa 110:1<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 9. Thine hand shall be lifted up<\/B>InIsa 26:11<\/span> it is Jehovah’s<\/I>hand that is lifted up; here Israel’s<\/I> as Mic5:8<\/span> implies, just as “Zion” is addressed and directedto “beat in pieces many people” (Mic4:13<\/span>; compare Isa 54:15<\/span>;Isa 54:17<\/span>). For Israel’s foes areJehovah’s foes. When her hand is said to be lifted up, it isJehovah’s hand that strikes the foe by her (compare Exo 13:9<\/span>;Exo 14:8<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries<\/strong>,…. O remnant of Jacob or Israel, as the Targum; the church of God; now will be the time that it shall prevail over all the antichristian states; now will the Christian princes pour out the vials of God’s wrath upon them; and they shall feel the strength and weight of their hand; which will fall heavy upon them, even to their utter destruction: or thine hand, O Messiah, the ruler in Israel, the man the peace that shall deliver from the Assyrian; and who will be at the head of his church and people, the remnant of Jacob, and destroy their enemies with the sword that proceeds out of his mouth:<\/p>\n and all thine enemies shall be cut off<\/strong>; all the enemies of Christ and his church; all the kings of the earth that shall gather against them, the beast and false prophet, with all their followers; see<\/p>\n Re 19:19<\/span>.<\/p>\n He confirms what is said in the last verse, and expresses in other words what he meant, and what we have explained, — that though the Church must contend with many strong and violent enemies, it will not yet fail, for the Lord will supply it with strength from heaven. Exalted, he says, shall be thy hand, that all thine enemies may be cut off He promises not that the Church shall be in a quiet state, but victorious, and declares also that there will never be wanting enemies. This promise, then, ought to arm us for enduring patiently, as we cannot conquer except by fighting. As then there will be always enemies to oppose the Church of God; yea, to attempt its ruin, the Prophet says here, Exalted shall be thy hand above thine enemies. <\/p>\n But it may be asked, When has this promise been fulfilled? For we know that since the people had been led away into the Babylonian exile, they had always been either tributaries, or kept under cruel tyranny, or at least had been unequal to their enemies. But this principle ought ever to be remembered, — that the faithful ought to be satisfied with victory, — that however hard they may be pressed, and however constant may be the contests which they have to carry on, and however wearisome, this one thing ought still to be sufficient for them — that they shall not wholly perish. And it appears evident, that God’s people have always been preserved by his invincible hand, however numerous have been their opposing enemies. We must also keep in mind what we have just heard, — that the promise here is not made to the whole people, but to a residue only. And it surpasses the expectation of the whole world, that even a small member could have survived so many slaughters, by which they might have been swallowed up a hundred times. Now then we see that it had not been without reason promised to the faithful, that they should be made conquerors over all their enemies. But this has not been really fulfilled, except under the conflict of the cross. It now follows — <\/p>\n Is not this spoken of Christ himself? I do not presume to answer the question. But if it be, it is a blessed promise. And if not, it is still blessed to Christ’s people, for it must be to them in him?<\/p>\n Mic 5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.<\/p>\n Ver. 9. Thine hand shall be lift up upon thine adversaries<\/strong> ] q.d.<\/em> Adversaries thou shalt be sure of, O my Church, but thou shalt have the better of them. Thou shalt keep footing still under the standard of the cross, and prevail, Sub militia crucis<\/em> (Calv.). The mountain of the house of the Lord shall overtop all other mountains of worldly power, Mic 4:1<\/span> . It shall be as that mountain not far from Arbela (where the empire of the world was won and lost in one day), called Nicatorium by Alexander the Great, as a constant trophy of that famous victory he there got over Darius, (Strabo). As she is highest in the favour of God, so she shall be highest in herself; and her enemies shall be found liars unto her. Her hand shall be lifted up, and fall very heavily upon her adversaries: if not sooner, yet at utmost at the resurrection. The upright shall have dominion over them in that morning, Psa 49:14<\/span> , the Church shall shine as the sun in his strength, when her enemies shall be in that place that is fittest for them, even the lowest place, the footstool of Christ. Meanwhile she conquereth then when she is conquered (as Christ overcame as well by patience as by power), and is sure not to be shivered though shaken, not to be drowned though doused over head and ears in the waters of affliction. <\/p>\n “ Niteris incassum Christi submergere navem:<\/p>\n Fluctuat, at nunquam mergitur illa ratis. ”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n That ship may be tossed, saith one, not shipwrecked, whereof Christ is the pilot, the Scripture the compass, the promise the tacklings, hope the anchor, faith the cable, the Holy Ghost the winds, and holy affections the sails, filled with heavenly graces. Such a soul sails safely, and will neither fall upon the soft sands of presumption nor hard rocks of despair.<\/p>\n shall be out off. Note the Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), in the repetition, “cut off”, four times in verses: Mic 5:9-13. All this refers eventually to restored Israel. <\/p>\n hand: Psa 21:8, Psa 106:26, Isa 1:25, Isa 11:14, Isa 14:2-4, Isa 26:11, Isa 33:10, Isa 37:36, Luk 19:27, 1Co 15:25, Rev 19:13-21, Rev 20:8, Rev 20:9 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 23:24 – he shall Psa 10:12 – lift Psa 94:2 – Lift Psa 119:48 – hands Zec 1:20 – four Zec 14:12 – the plague wherewith<\/p>\n Mic 5:9. The greatest enemies the people of Israel ever had were those who led them into idolatry. All of that, was to be reversed by the revolutionary effects of the captivity. This is the sense in which the enemies were to be cut off.<\/p>\n Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. 9. An exulting address to Israel marching forth against his enemies. Thine hand shall be ] Rather, ‘let thine hand be;’ similarly in the next clause. 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