George Leo Haydock, on Mic 4:8

“And thou, O cloudy tower of the flock, of the daughter of Sion, unto thee shall it come: yea the first power shall come, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.”

“Cloudy. Hebrew.” fortress, or ophel, ” a tower or wall near the temple, 2 Esdras iii. 27. — Flock. Jerusalem was no better, after the Chaldeans had destroyed it, 4 Kings xvii. 9. Yet there Zorobabel, the Machabees, and Christ displayed their power. It was the cradle of the Church. Some take this to refer to Bethlehem, as [in] chap. v. 2. (Calmet) — Shall it come. Septuagint add, “from Babylon.” After the captivity the Jews shall flourish, as the Church shall prove victorious over all her persecutors. (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.