Micah 5:1

Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

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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.

In Context

2But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he comes forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose activities forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Deuteronomy 28:51And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you be destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your cattle, or flocks of your sheep, until he have destroyed you.

Judges 17:7And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

1 Kings 22:24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and stroke Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto you?

2 Kings 25:1And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

Proverbs 8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before even the earth was.

Matthew Henry on Micah 5:1

In this chapter we have, I. A prediction of the troubles and distresses of the Jewish nation, ver. 1 . II. A promise of the Messiah, and of his kingdom, to support the people of God in the day of these troubles. 1. Of the birth of the Messiah, ver. 4 . 3. Of his protection of his people, and his victory over his and their enemies, ver. 5, 6 . 4. Of the great world by it, ver. 7 . 5. Of the destruction of the enemies of the church, both those without, that attack it, and those within, that expose it, ver. 8-15 . Read the whole commentary →

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