◄ Micah 4:4 ►
And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
Study Bible
And each man will sit
This phrase evokes a sense of peace and security. In the Hebrew context, "sitting" often implies rest and stability. The imagery here is of a future time when individuals will experience personal peace and contentment. Historically, this reflects a period of safety and prosperity, contrasting with the turmoil and invasions that Israel faced. The promise of rest is a recurring theme in the Bible, symbolizing God's ultimate plan for His people.

under his own vine and under his own fig tree
The vine and fig tree are significant agricultural symbols in ancient Israel, representing prosperity, abundance, and peace. In 1 Kings 4:25, during Solomon's reign, this phrase is used to describe a time of peace and prosperity. The vine and fig tree were common in the land, and having one's own signifies personal ownership and blessing. Spiritually, this can be seen as a metaphor for the blessings and provision that come from God, where each person enjoys the fruits of their labor without fear of loss or invasion.

with no one to frighten him
This phrase underscores the absence of fear and external threats. In the historical context of Micah, Israel faced constant threats from surrounding nations. The promise of a time when no one will cause fear is a powerful assurance of divine protection and peace. It reflects the ultimate peace that God promises His people, a peace that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7). This peace is not just the absence of conflict but the presence of God's protective care.

For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken
This declaration emphasizes the certainty and authority of the promise. "The LORD of Hosts" is a title that highlights God's sovereignty and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. When God speaks, His words are sure and unchangeable. This assurance is rooted in the character of God, who is faithful and true. The phrase reminds believers of the reliability of God's promises and His ultimate control over history. It is a call to trust in God's word and His plan for the future.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Micah
A prophet in the 8th century BC, Micah delivered messages of both judgment and hope to the people of Judah and Israel. His prophecies often focused on social justice and the coming peace of God's kingdom.

2. Vine and Fig Tree
These are symbols of peace, prosperity, and security in ancient Israel. The imagery suggests a time when people will live without fear and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

3. The LORD of Hosts
A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and power over all heavenly armies. It underscores the authority and certainty of the prophecy.

4. Judah and Israel
The divided kingdoms to whom Micah prophesied. They were often in conflict and faced threats from surrounding nations.

5. The Messianic Age
The future time of peace and restoration that Micah and other prophets foresaw, characterized by the reign of the Messiah.
Teaching Points
Peace and Security in God
The promise of sitting under one's vine and fig tree symbolizes the ultimate peace and security found in God's kingdom. Believers can find comfort in God's promises, even amidst current turmoil.

God's Sovereign Promise
The assurance that "the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken" reminds us of the certainty and reliability of God's word. We can trust in His promises for our future.

Personal Responsibility and Stewardship
The imagery of each man sitting under his own vine and fig tree suggests personal responsibility and stewardship. Believers are called to cultivate their lives and communities in anticipation of God's kingdom.

Hope in the Messianic Kingdom
This verse points to the hope of the Messianic age, where Christ will reign in peace. Christians are encouraged to live in light of this future reality, promoting peace and justice in their own lives.

Living Without Fear
The absence of fear in this prophecy challenges believers to trust in God's protection and provision, living boldly for His purposes.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does the imagery of the vine and fig tree in Micah 4:4 reflect God's promises of peace and security? How can we apply this imagery to our lives today?

2. In what ways does the assurance that "the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken" impact your trust in God's promises? Can you think of other scriptures that reinforce this trust?

3. How does the concept of personal responsibility and stewardship under one's own vine and fig tree challenge you in your daily life and community involvement?

4. What connections can you draw between the peace described in Micah 4:4 and the peace offered through Jesus Christ in the New Testament?

5. How can we, as believers, live without fear in today's world, drawing from the promise of security in God's future kingdom? What practical steps can we take to embody this peace?
Connections to Other Scriptures
1 Kings 4:25
This verse describes a similar period of peace during Solomon's reign, where people lived securely under their vines and fig trees, illustrating a foretaste of the ultimate peace prophesied by Micah.

Zechariah 3:10
Zechariah also uses the imagery of sitting under one's vine and fig tree to describe a future time of peace and security, reinforcing the prophetic vision of a restored and peaceful kingdom.

John 1:48-50
Jesus' interaction with Nathanael under the fig tree can be seen as a fulfillment of the peace and knowledge of God that the prophets, including Micah, anticipated.
Sermons
The Gospel AgeD. Thomas Micah 4:1-4
A Missionary DiscourseSketches of Four Hundred SermonsMicah 4:1-5
A Vision of the Latter-Day GloriesMicah 4:1-5
An Emblem of PeaceMicah 4:1-5
Christianity -- its Nature, Diffusion, and EffectsBishop H. B. Bascom, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
Gaining Knowledge of GodE. B. Pusey, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
International ChristianityJ. Llewelyn Davies, M. A.Micah 4:1-5
Mountain Top ReligionA. Maclaren, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
The Established ChurchJohn Cumming, A. M.Micah 4:1-5
The Golden AgeJ. H. Jowett, M. A.Micah 4:1-5
The Gospel AgeHomilistMicah 4:1-5
The Law of the SpiritWilliam R. Clark, M. A.Micah 4:1-5
The Moral Grandeur of the Christian ChurchJ. L. Adamson.Micah 4:1-5
The Promise of God Regarding. His ChurchJoseph Parker, D. D.Micah 4:1-5
The Saviour's KingdomMonday Club SermonsMicah 4:1-5
The Peaceable Fruit of RighteousnessE.S. Prout Micah 4:3, 4
People
Eder, Jacob, Micah
Places
Babylon, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, Zion
Topics
Afraid, Almighty, Armies, Cause, Fear, Fig, Fig-tree, Hosts, Mouth, None, Sat, Seated, Sit, Spoken, Tree, Troubling, Vine
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Micah 4:4

     4528   trees
     4534   vine
     5057   rest, physical
     5181   sitting
     8701   affluence

Micah 4:1-4

     2378   kingdom of God, characteristics
     9145   Messianic age

Micah 4:1-5

     4440   fig-tree

Micah 4:2-4

     4209   land, spiritual aspects

Micah 4:3-4

     5511   safety
     5942   security

Library
As God, So Worshipper
'... All the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.'--MICAH iv. 5 (R.V.). This is a statement of a general truth which holds good of all sorts of religion. 'To walk' is equivalent to carrying on a course of practical activity. 'The name' of a god is his manifested character. So the expression 'Walk in the name' means, to live and act according to, and with reference to, and in reliance on, the character of the worshipper's …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

"And we Will --"
The prophet Micah was struck with the energy and devotion of the heathen to their gods. He saw the grip these idols had of their votaries, how no expense was spared, no sacrifice withheld, for the sake of a filthy lie embodied in a stone or golden image. While he listened to the songs of the heathen, his heart warmed as he thought of the greatness of Jehovah, and so he cried out--"All people will walk every one in the name of his God, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and …
Thomas Champness—Broken Bread

The Battle of Armageddon.
The Battle of Armageddon! What extravagant speculations have been indulged concerning it! What unscriptural theories have been entertained respecting it! To begin with; this appears from the term employed. Nowhere in the Bible do we read of "The Battle of Armageddon." The Scriptural expression is "The Battle of that great day of God Almighty" (Rev. 16:14). This Battle of the great day of God Almighty will bring the Tribulation period to a close and will witness the return of Christ to the earth to …
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

"Is the Spirit of the Lord Straitened?"
THERE MAY BE SOME who think they can convert the world by philosophy; that they can renew the heart by eloquence; or that, by some witchcraft of ceremonies, they can regenerate the soul; but we depend wholly and simply and alone on the Spirit of God. He alone worketh all our works in us; and in going forth to our holy service we take with us no strength, and we rely upon no power, except that of the Spirit of the Most High. When Asher's foot was dipped in oil, no wonder he left a foot-mark wherever …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891

A vision of the Latter-Day Glories
We shall not, to-day, look through all the dim vista of Zion's tribulations. We will leave the avenue of troubles and of trials through which the church has passed and is to pass, and we will come, by faith, to the last days; and may God help us while we indulge in a glorious vision of that which is to be ere long, when "the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." The prophet saw two …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859

Place of Jesus in the History of the World.
The great event of the History of the world is the revolution by which the noblest portions of humanity have passed from the ancient religions, comprised under the vague name of Paganism, to a religion founded on the Divine Unity, the Trinity, and the Incarnation of the Son of God. It has taken nearly a thousand years to accomplish this conversion. The new religion had itself taken at least three hundred years in its formation. But the origin of the revolution in question with which we have to do …
Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus

The Redeemer's Return is Necessitated by the Declarations of Old Testament Prophecy.
It is very apparent to any one who has read thoughtfully through the Old Testament that the First Advent of our Lord did not exhaust the burden and scope of the numerous predictions which had been made concerning Him. Many of the things foretold of Israel's Messiah were not accomplished during the days when He tabernacled among men. Many of the promises found in God's Word connected with the Person of Christ, still await their ratification. While it is true that the First Advent of the Lord Jesus …
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

In the Fifteenth Year of Tiberius Cæsar and under the Pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas - a Voice in the Wilderness
THERE is something grand, even awful, in the almost absolute silence which lies upon the thirty years between the Birth and the first Messianic Manifestation of Jesus. In a narrative like that of the Gospels, this must have been designed; and, if so, affords presumptive evidence of the authenticity of what follows, and is intended to teach, that what had preceded concerned only the inner History of Jesus, and the preparation of the Christ. At last that solemn silence was broken by an appearance, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

The Prophet Micah.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS. Micah signifies: "Who is like Jehovah;" and by this name, the prophet is consecrated to the incomparable God, just as Hosea was to the helping God, and Nahum to the comforting God. He prophesied, according to the inscription, under Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. We are not, however, entitled, on this account, to dissever his prophecies, and to assign particular discourses to the reign of each of these kings. On the contrary, the entire collection forms only one whole. At …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

John Bunyan on the Terms of Communion and Fellowship of Christians at the Table of the Lord;
COMPRISING I. HIS CONFESSION OF FAITH, AND REASON OF HIS PRACTICE; II. DIFFERENCES ABOUT WATER BAPTISM NO BAR TO COMMUNION; AND III. PEACEABLE PRINCIPLES AND TRUE[1] ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Reader, these are extraordinary productions that will well repay an attentive perusal. It is the confession of faith of a Christian who had suffered nearly twelve years' imprisonment, under persecution for conscience sake. Shut up with his Bible, you have here the result of a prayerful study of those holy …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

A Clearing-Up Storm in the Realm
(Revelation, Chapters vi.-viii.) "God Almighty! King of nations! earth Thy footstool, heaven Thy throne! Thine the greatness, power, and glory, Thine the kingdom, Lord, alone! Life and death are in Thy keeping, and Thy will ordaineth all: From the armies of Thy heavens to an unseen insect's fall. "Reigning, guiding, all-commanding, ruling myriad worlds of light; Now exalting, now abasing, none can stay Thy hand of might! Working all things by Thy power, by the counsel of Thy will. Thou art God! …
by S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation

Conclusion
"Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" (Rev. 19:6). In our Foreword to the Second Edition we acknowledge the need for preserving the balance of Truth. Two things are beyond dispute: God is Sovereign, man is responsible. In this book we have sought to expound the former; in our other works we have frequently pressed the latter. That there is real danger of over-emphasising the one and ignoring the other, we readily admit; yea, history furnishes numerous examples of cases of each. To emphasise …
Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

The Plan for the Coming of Jesus.
God's Darling, Psalms 8:5-8.--the plan for the new man--the Hebrew picture by itself--difference between God's plan and actual events--one purpose through breaking plans--the original plan--a starting point--getting inside. Fastening a Tether inside: the longest way around--the pedigree--the start. First Touches on the Canvas: the first touch, Genesis 3:15.--three groups of prediction--first group: to Abraham, Genesis 12:1-3; to Isaac, Genesis 26:1-5; to Jacob, Genesis 28:10-15; through Jacob, …
S. D. Gordon—Quiet Talks about Jesus

The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6.
Several interpreters, Paulus especially, have asserted that the interpretation of Micah which is here given, was that of the Sanhedrim only, and not of the Evangelist, who merely recorded what happened and was said. But this assertion is at once refuted when we consider the object which Matthew has in view in his entire representation of the early life of Jesus. His object in recording the early life of Jesus is not like that of Luke, viz., to communicate historical information to his readers. …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Interpretation of Prophecy.
1. The scriptural idea of prophecy is widely removed from that of human foresight and presentiment. It is that of a revelation made by the Holy Spirit respecting the future, always in the interest of God's kingdom. It is no part of the plan of prophecy to gratify vain curiosity respecting "the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power." Acts 1:7. "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God"--this is its key-note. In its form it is carefully adapted to this great end. …
E. P. Barrows—Companion to the Bible

Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus.
(at Nazareth, b.c. 5.) ^C Luke I. 26-38. ^c 26 Now in the sixth month [this is the passage from which we learn that John was six months older than Jesus] the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth [Luke alone tells us where Mary lived before the birth of Jesus. That Nazareth was an unimportant town is shown by the fact that it is mentioned nowhere in the Old Testament, nor in the Talmud, nor in Josephus, who mentions two hundred four towns and cities of Galilee. The …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel

Micah
Micah must have been a very striking personality. Like Amos, he was a native of the country--somewhere in the neighbourhood of Gath; and he denounces with fiery earnestness the sins of the capital cities, Samaria in the northern kingdom, and Jerusalem in the southern. To him these cities seem to incarnate the sins of their respective kingdoms, i. 5; and for both ruin and desolation are predicted, i. 6, iii. 12. Micah expresses with peculiar distinctness the sense of his inspiration and the object …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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