Micah 4:8
8 As for you, watchtower for the flock, ▼▼ Heb “Migdal-eder.” Some English versions transliterate this phrase, apparently because they view it as a place name (cf. NAB).
fortress of Daughter Zion ▼
▼ The city of David, located within Jerusalem, is addressed as Daughter Zion. As the home of the Davidic king, who was Israel’s shepherd (Ps 78:70–72), the royal citadel could be viewed metaphorically as the watchtower of the flock.
– your former dominion will be restored, ▼
▼ Heb “to you it will come, the former dominion will arrive.”
the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.
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