John Trapp on Micah 5:3

Verſe 3. Therefore will he give them up] As a little before the day ſpringeth, it is darker then ordinary: ſo before the day-ſpring from on high viſited Gods people, they were under very hard and heavy preſſures and miſeries: whereby their deſires after him were increaſed and ineagered. The enemy oppreſſed them, by Gods permiſſion, yea by his active providence: that they might pant after a Saviour, and ſigh out with old Jacob their father, Gen. 49.18. O Lord, I have waited for thy ſalvation.

untill the time that ſhe which travelleth hath brought forth] She, that is, the Virgin Mary, ſay ſome: Or, ſhe, that is, ſay others, the afflicted Church, according to chap. 4.9, 10. See the Notes there. Shee muſt have a time of travell, of trouble, before ſhe can bring forth, and be delivered. Luther ſaith well, that the Church is haeres crucis, and that every Chriſtian is a Crucian: we muſt ſuffer before we can reigne, and bear the croſſe, or ere we wear the crown.

Then the remnant of his brethren] i. e. the converted Gentiles, whom Chriſt is not aſhamed to call his brethren, Heb. 2.11, 12. ſhall return unto the children of Iſrael] ſhall be proſelyted, and conjoyned to the elect Jews, that there may bee one ſheep-fold under one ſhepherd. And the Lord ſhall be king over all the earth: In that day there ſhall be one Lord, and his name one, Zech. 4.9. See the Note there.