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Micah, Book

The Remnant of Jacob Among the Nations: Like Dew and Like a Lion

How should Israel act among the nations? How does YHWH express Himself in history? Micah’s deliberately ambiguous images of שְׁאֵרִית יַעֲקֹב, “the remnant of Jacob,” as both dew and a lion (5:6–8) place the burden of interpretation on readers themselves, who must decide how divine action, human agency, and the remnant’s relationship with the nations are to be understood.

Dr.

Yisca Zimran

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