Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 4:8

8 ¶ And thou, O towre of the flock , the strong hold of the daughter of Zion , unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion , the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Some refer this to that Tower Edar, in the Neighbourhood of Bethlehem, built there for the Shepherds convenienter watching over their flocks. The Prophet may possibly allude to this. In the Church Christs flock, there is a Tower built for defence of his flock, but 'tis that name which is a strong Tower, to which the righteous run, and are safe. But there was a Tower of this denomination in Jerusalem, through which Tower the flocks of Sheep were driven into the Sheep Market, this one Tower by Synechdoche put for the whole City Jerusalem.

Ophel, as 'tis Hebr. and perhaps were better rendred a Proper name of that impregnable Fort, 2 Chron. 27.3. another considerable part put for the whole.

Or, O Daughter of Zion, so 'twill be an explication of what the Prophet before meant by the Tower Eder and Ophel, i. e. O Zion, O Ierusalem, both in the Typical, and in the Mystical sense.

The former dominion, not in outward splendor, but because the Government and supream Dignity among this people was restored (after seventy years captivity) to the former Royal Family, and continued in it till Shiloh came. This in the Type was fulfilled upon the settlement, under Zerubbabel and his Successours; but the whole Antitype concerns the Messiah's Kingdom, and the Gospel Ierusalem, and is fulfilled in the Spiritual Glory of it. Christs Kingdom is the antient, supream and most glorious Kingdom, and by his redeeming us from Bondage of Hell, is set up, and shall be continued firm and unmoveable, more then Eder, Ophal, Zion or Ierusalem Typical, as Luc. 1.32, 33. and more large then ever David's or Solomon's Kingdom, Dan. 7.14. and therefore greater in Glory, for Christ is King of Kings, Rev. 17.14. and 19.16. This Spiritual Kingdom came first to the Iewes, Act. 13.46. It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you. The Gospel was to be Preached first to the Daughter of Ierusalem. There the Preacher of Repentance and Remission of sins was to begin, and thence they were to publish it to all Nations, L[illegible: 1 letter]k. 24.47. This Text, and such like, the blinded Iew doth take in a literal sense only, as if it promised a Temporal Dominion over all Nations, and Worldly Kingdom to the Messiah, in which they expect a large share; but what is literal, and concerned the Iews alone, was limited to them that came out of Babyloni[illegible: 2 letters] Captivity, and hath been fulfilled to them.