Micah 5:6

And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be in the midst of many people 1 like tal (dew) from Hashem, like the showers upon the grass, 1 that doth not await manʼs bidding, 1 nor tarry for the bnei adam. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

In Context

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

7And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be among the Goyim 1 in the midst of many people 1 like an aryeh among the beasts of the forest, 1 like a young lion among the edrei tzon (flocks of sheep); 1 who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, 1 and none can deliver. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 10:8And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha'aretz.

2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekach Melech Yisroel came Tiglat Pileser Melech Ashur (Assyria), and took Iyon, and Abel Beit-Ma'achah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chatzor, and Gil'ad, and the Galil, all the Eretz Naphtali, and carried them away into the Golus of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of Melech Chizkiyah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea Ben Elah Melech Yisroel, that Shalmaneser Melech Ashur came up against Shomron, and besieged it.

1 Chronicles 1:10And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor (mighty) one upon ha'aretz.

Job 29:22Acharei (after) my words they spoke not again; 1 and my speech fell upon them. 1

Psalms 110:3Thy + 110:3 Moshiachʼs Messianic people, willing in the Day of thy + 110:3 Moshiachʼs called up Army, 1 will be arrayed in the splendor of kodesh (holiness); 1 from the womb of the dawn, 1 cometh to thee + 110:3 Moshiach thy young men + 110:3 cf Isa 53:10 as the tal (dew). + 110:3 Rv 19:14 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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