Mic 4:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. Addressed to the daughter of Zion, in her consternation at the approach of the Chaldeans. is there no king in thee?-- asked tauntingly. There is a king in her; but it is the same as if there were none, so helpless to devise means of escape are he and his counsellors [Maurer]. Or, Zion's pains are because her king is taken away from her ( ; ; ) [Calvin]. The former is perhaps the preferable view (compare ). The latter, however, describes better Zion's kingless state during her present long dispersion ( , ).

‏ Micah 4:9

9. Addressed to the daughter of Zion, in her consternation at the approach of the Chaldeans.

is there no king in thee?--asked tauntingly. There is a king in her; but it is the same as if there were none, so helpless to devise means of escape are he and his counsellors [Maurer]. Or, Zion's pains are because her king is taken away from her (Jr 52:9; La 4:20; Eze 12:13) [Calvin]. The former is perhaps the preferable view (compare Jr 49:7). The latter, however, describes better Zion's kingless state during her present long dispersion (Ho 3:4, 5).