Micah 4:5 (YLT)

Passage

For all the peoples do walk, Each in the name of its god--and we, We do walk in the name of Jehovah our God, To the age and for ever.

Nearby Context

Micah 4:3 And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

Micah 4:4 And they have sat each under his vine, And under his fig-tree, And there is none troubling, For the mouth of Jehovah of Hosts hath spoken.

Micah 4:5 For all the peoples do walk, Each in the name of its god--and we, We do walk in the name of Jehovah our God, To the age and for ever.

Micah 4:6 In that day--an affirmation of Jehovah, I do gather the halting one, And the driven away one I bring together, And she whom I have afflicted.

Micah 4:7 And I have set the halting for a remnant, And the far-off for a mighty nation, And reigned hath Jehovah over them in mount Zion, From henceforth, and unto the age.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "peoples", "walk", "each", "name", "god--and", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "peoples" and "walk", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And they have sat each under his..." into verse 6's "In that day--an affirmation of Jehovah I...", so "peoples" and "walk" 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 "peoples" and "walk" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.