Remnant of Jacob
Peter J. Leithart
December 22, 2007
Category: BIble - OT - Micah
Commenting on Micah 4:6-8, M.A. Sweeney notes, “the return of the blind and lame remnant of Jacob to Jerusalem (Jer 31:8) points to the lame (solea) figure of Jacob in Gen 32:32. Jacob’s exile from the land of Israel to Aram in order to find a bride and to escape the wrath of his brother Esau and his eventual return (Gen 25-35) forms the basis for prophetic conceptualizations of the exile of Israel and its return to the land.”
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