Matthew Poole and continuators on Micah 5:7

7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people , as a dew from the LORD , as the showers upon the grass , that tarryeth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men .

Both the remnant which surviveth the sacking, and burning of their City and Temple, and carried captive, live in a scattered condition; and the whole remnant, according to the Election of Grace, whether of Iacob after the Flesh, or after the Spirit.

Either among the several people under the Babylonish Dominion, which may well be called many, when 'tis said of Nebuchadnezzar, that God gave him all Nations and Kingdoms, Ier. 27.6, 7, 8. (or else amidst the Nations) their Neighbours after their return and reestablishment in their own Land. This remnant wherever they are,

either subsisting and multiplying as the dew, or else as the dew refresheth the grass, and is beneficial to it, so where this remnant is, it should be a Blessing to those about them, that use them friendly, so Hos. 14.5.

It shall be the peculiar work of God, as dew hath no other Father or Fountain, so the Blessings on Iacob, and the blessing by him on others shall be from the Lord; So God blesseth those that bless Abraham's Seed, Gen. 12.3. So Cyrus received his Blessings, and his Persians with him, Isa. 45.1.2▪ 3, 4.

The same thing in a different, but very apt expression, Nations kind to Iacob should for this spring and flourish, as the grass doth by the dew and showers.

It shall be the only work of God, he shall by his immediate hand bless such, as he alone, without the help of man, giveth dew and showres. As this was fulfilled in the Type, before the Gospel of the Kingdom was Preached to all Nations, so it hath been, now is, and ever shall be fulfilled in Ages to come. Gods remnant shall be a Blessing to the places they live in▪ and the persons they live with, as Iacob was to Laban, Gen. 30.27. and Ioseph was to Potipher, and to the keeper of the Prison.