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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. God’s cause and kingdom shall not be hidden away in a corner: “the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: That is the way the grace of God works in us; he teaches, and then we not only learn, but we obey.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; The kingdom of Christ, the Son of David, shall attract people and nations that were far off from the holy city where he lived and died.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. They shall give up the study of the art of war. Their spirit shall be softened, in many cases renewed by grace and then they shall take to the useful arts; they shall not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree: and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. The best evidence that this will be the case is that the Lord of hosts, who has all power at his disposal, has said that it shall be so.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For 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 ever. When we learn to know God in truth, we do not give him up, but we walk in his name for ever and ever. God’s covenant with us is an everlasting covenant, reaching beyond time, and enduring throughout eternity. Some nations...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In that day, saith the LORD will I assemble her that halteth, — God will bring to himself you that limp, that hesitate, that tremble, that fear: “I will assemble her that halteth,” — Mic_4:6. And I will gather her that is driven out — Hunted by Satan, and harassed by care, frightened by depression of spirit, “I will gather her that is driven out,”...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. Little scattered communities, churches which have been weak and feeble shall have the strengthening of God, and they shall be, through his sovereign grace, a remnant saved by...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. So it did. “Beginning at Jerusalem,” was Christ’s order concerning the preaching of the gospel after his resurrection. The first servants of Christ were of that ancient...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy Counselor perished? Sometimes, our prayers may be the utterance of our fears rather than of our faith, and then the question comes, “Is there no king in thee? Is thy Counselor perished?” Can we not trust to him whose name is “Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. They are sharp pangs, but they lead to life, and therefore they are blessed pangs after all. Mic_4:10. Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. All the enemies of Israel came together, hoping to destroy her, they saw that God had left her for a while in their hands, so they maliciously sought her destruction.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, — They had their own thoughts, and they thought that the Lord meant what they meant, — the entire destruction of the chosen race. So the prophet says, “But they know not the thoughts of the Lord,” — Mic_4:12. Neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. God...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: She was to be like the ox that treadeth out the corn, and she was to have horns of iron and hoofs of brass with which to break in pieces those that had oppressed her. Mic_4:13. And I will consecrate...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; And yet some doubt the infallible inspiration of Scripture. I would commence every reading of the Scripture with such a word of admonition as this: “Hear ye now what the Lord saith.” That is what the prophet said; but God spake by the prophet: “Hear ye now what the Lord saith.” Mic_6:1. Arise, contend thou before...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath, a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. It was wonderful condescension on God’s part that he should deign to come as a defendant before the august court of the mountains, and in the presence of the deep foundations of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my people, what have I done unto thee? “What but good, what but mercy, have I done unto thee?” Mic_6:3. And wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. He asks them to give any reason whatever why they had turned away from him. Beloved friends, have any of you, who are the people of God, grown cold in your love to him? Are you neglecting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. God constantly refers to Israel’s coming out of Egypt; on every great occasion he begins, “I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” And to his...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. Balak endeavored to get Balaam to curse the people of God; but they could not be overcome by human power. He sought to destroy them by superhuman agency; but Balaam’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? The people will...