Micah 5:4

And this shall be Shalom. 1 When the Assyrian shall invade our land; 1 and when he shall set foot on our armenot (citadels), 1 then shall we raise against him shivah ro'im (seven shepherds), 1 and shmoneh nesikhei adam (eight leaders [tribal princes] of men). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

In Context

3And He + 5:3 Moshiach shall stand and shall shepherd in the strength of Hashem, 1 in the majesty of the Shem of Hashem Elohav, 1 and they + 5:3 Bnei Yisroel shall live; 1 for then shall He + 5:3 Moshiach be great unto the ends of ha'aretz. 1

5And they shall shepherd Eretz Ashur (Assyria) with the cherev, 1 and Eretz Nimrod at its gates; 1 thus shall He + 5:5 Moshiach deliver us from the Assyrian, 1 when he cometh into our land, 1 and when he sets foot within our borders. 1

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:11Thine, Hashem is HaGedulah, and HaGevurah, and HaTiferet and HaNetzach and HaHod; for all that is in the Shomayim and in Ha'aretz is Thine; Thine is the Mamlachah, O Hashem, and Thou art exalted as Rosh above all.

Psalms 23:1(Mizmor of Dovid) 1 I shall not lack. 1

Psalms 72:8He + 72:8 Moshiach Ben Dovid shall have dominion also from yam to yam, 1 and from nahar (Euphrates river) unto the afsei eretz (the ends of the earth). 1

Psalms 93:1Hashem reigneth, 1 He is robed with majesty; 1 Hashem is clothed with strength, 1 wherewith He hath girded Himself; 1 the tevel (world) also is established, 1 that it cannot be moved. 1

Psalms 145:12[Lamed] To make known to the Bnei HaAdam His gevurah, 1 and the kavod hadar of His Malchus. 1

Isaiah 40:10Hinei, Adonoi Hashem will come with chazak, 1 and His zero'a + 40:10 Moshiach, see Isa 53:1 shall rule for Him; 1 hinei, His sachar (reward) is with Him, 1 and His pe'ullah (work, recompense, retribution, penal reward [for His enemies]) before Him. 1

Matthew Henry on Micah 5:2-7

The Abasement and Distress of Zion; Birth of the Messiah Predicted; The Glory of Messiah. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the… Read the whole commentary →

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