Micah 4 in the early church
[Vulgate: Micheas]
71 passages quote, allude to, or echo Micah 4, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Micah 4:1
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
Micah 4:2
And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Micah 4:3
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 4:4 | Dialogue with Trypho 109.3 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Mic 4:4 | Dialogue with Trypho 110.3 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Mic 4:4 | Homilies on Joshua 5.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Mic 4:4 | Homilies on Joshua 15.7 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Mic 4:4 | Homilies on Joshua 16.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Mic 4:4 | Homilies on Numbers 1.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Mic 4:4 | Homilies on Numbers 22.4 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Mic 4:4 | Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 53 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century) |
| Mic 4:4 | Symposium 10.5 · Methodius of Olympus | quotation, high confidence | late 3rd century |
| Mic 4:4 | On Paradise 2 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| Mic 4:4 | On Paradise 64 · Ambrose | allusion, high confidence | ca. 375-378 |
| Mic 4:4 | On Jacob and the Happy Life 2.3 · Ambrose | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 386-390 |
| Mic 4:4 | Homily 9 · Gregory of Nyssa | allusion, high confidence | ca. 390–394 |
Micah 4:5
Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 4:5 | Dialogue with Trypho 109.3 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Mic 4:5 | Liber Orsiesii 34 · Orsiesius | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 380-390 |
Micah 4:6
“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 4:6 | Dialogue with Trypho 109.3 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Mic 4:6 | Dialogue with Trypho 110.5 · Justin Martyr | allusion, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
Micah 4:7
And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mic 4:7 | Dialogue with Trypho 109.3 · Justin Martyr | quotation, high confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Mic 4:7 | Part 4, chapter 16 · Quodvultdeus of Carthage | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 445-450 |