Micah 4:6 (LSB)

Passage

“In that day,” declares Yahweh, “I will assemble the lame And gather the banished, Even those upon whom I have brought calamity.

Nearby Context

Micah 4:4 And each of them will sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With no one to make them tremble, For the mouth of Yahweh of hosts has spoken.

Micah 4:5 Though all the peoples walk Each in the name of his god, As for us, we will walk In the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.

Micah 4:6 “In that day,” declares Yahweh, “I will assemble the lame And gather the banished, Even those upon whom I have brought calamity.

Micah 4:7 I will make the lame a remnant And the outcasts a mighty nation, And Yahweh will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever.

Micah 4:8 And as for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come— Even the former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "declares", "yahweh", "assemble", "lame", "gather", "banished", "even", and "upon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "declares" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Though all the peoples walk Each in..." into verse 7's "I will make the lame a remnant...", so "declares" and "yahweh" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "declares" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.