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Mic 4:8 — And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

O tower		"The Targumist applies these words to the Messiah: ""But thou, O Messiah, who art hidden because of the sins of the congregation of Zion, the kingdom shall come unto thee."" Psa 48:12,13; Isa 5:2; Mat 21:33; Mar 12:1"
the flock		or, Edar. Gen 35:21
the strong		2Sa 5:7; Isa 10:32; Zec 9:12
the first		Num 24:19; Dan 2:44; Dan 7:18; Oba 1:21; Zec 9:10; Eph 1:21; Rev 22:5

Correlating Passages

O tower

	Psa 48:12	Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
	Psa 48:13	Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
	Isa 5:2	And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
	Mat 21:33	Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
	Mar 12:1	And he began to speak unto them by parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

the flock

Gen 35:21

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

the strong

	2Sa 5:7	Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David.
	Isa 10:32	As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand [against] the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
	Zec 9:12	Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee;

the first

	Num 24:19	Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
	Dan 2:44	And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
	Dan 7:18	But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
	Oba 1:21	And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
	Zec 9:10	And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion [shall be] from sea [even] to sea, and from the river [even] to the ends of the earth.
	Eph 1:21	Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
	Rev 22:5	And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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Scott, Thomas. "Micah 4:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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