Micah 4:8

As for you, watchtower for the flock, ¹  fortress of Daughter Zion ²  – your former dominion will be restored, ³  the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.

Ge 35:21; Nu 24:19; 2Sa 5:7; Ps 48:12,13; Isa 5:2; Isa 10:32; Da 2:44; Da 7:18; Ob 1:21; Zec 9:10; Zec 9:12; Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1; Eph 1:21; Re 22:5

¹ tn Heb “Migdal-eder.” Some English versions transliterate this phrase, apparently because they view it as a place name (cf. NAB).

² sn 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.

³ tn Heb “to you it will come, the former dominion will arrive.”