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Micah chapter 4 contains multiple memorable quotes. Verse 2 “For instruction shall come forth from Zion, The word of the LORD from Jerusalem.\u201d\u00a0 Verse 3 “They shall beat their swords to plowshares and their spears to pruning hooks,” and “Nation shall not take up Sword against nation; They shall never again know war.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But fans of the musical <\/span>Hamilton <\/span><\/i>will recognize verse 4. “They will sit, each man under his vine and under his fig tree and none will make them afraid.”\u00a0 As <\/span>Washington informs Hamilton that he is not seeking reelection, he paraphrases this line <\/span><\/a>from Micah. In fact, this line from Micah <\/span>appears in many letters written by George Washington<\/span><\/a>. The most famous from a Jewish history perspective is the letter he wrote to the Jewish community of Newport Rhode Island in which he comforts the congregation: \u201cMay the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants \u2013 while everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s farewell address, which is the subject of the song from Hamilton, is full of themes that exhort the new nation to try to avoid open warfare and to bring forth the peaceful potential of the nation. For a founding father whose rise to fame came as result of the brutal revolutionary war, it is comforting that his favorite line from scripture is from Micah. The promise of no war. The promise of calm and peace for all people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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