Micah 5:5-15

5 And he shall be ¹their peace.²When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven ³shepherds and eight princes of men;

6 they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of ⁴Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian ⁵when he comes into our land and treads within our border.

A Remnant Shall Be Delivered

7 Then ⁶the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.

8 And ⁷the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, ⁸which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

9 Your hand shall ⁹be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.

10 And ¹⁰in that day, declares the LORD, ¹¹I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots;

11 ¹²and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;

12 and I will cut off ¹³sorceries from your hand, and ¹⁴you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;

13 and ¹⁵I will cut off your carved images and ¹⁶your pillars from among you, ¹⁷and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands;

14 and I will root out your ¹⁸Asherah images from among you ¹⁹and destroy your cities.

15 And in anger and wrath ²⁰I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.

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Micah 5:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO MICAH 5

This chapter begins with a prophecy of the siege of Jerusalem, Mic 5:1; and then follows another concerning the place of the Messiah's birth, Mic 5:2; and of the case of the Jews, either before or after it, Mic 5:3; and of Christ's office as a shepherd, and of his grandeur in the world, Mic 5:4; and of his being a peacemaker, and protector of his people from their enemies, Mic 5:5,6; and of his people, the great increase of them, and their usefulness, and also of their courage, strength, and prowess, Mic 5:7-9; likewise that the Lord will remove from them their vain confidence, and all occasion of it, and whatsoever illicit arts and practices were found among them; and all idolatry, and the instruments of it, Mic 5:10-14; and the chapter is concluded with a threatening of vengeance to the Heathens, Mic 5:15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. [Isaiah 9:6; Zechariah 9:10; Ephesians 2:14]
2. [2 Kings 18:13]
3. [Isaiah 3:2, 3]
4. Gen. 10:8, 10, 11
5. [See ver. 5 above]
6. [See ver. 3 above]
7. [See ver. 3 above]
8. [Hosea 5:14]
9. Isaiah 26:11
10. [Micah 4:1, 6]
11. Zechariah 9:10; [Isaiah 2:7; Haggai 2:22]
12. ver. 14; Isaiah 17:9; Isaiah 27:10; [Hosea 8:14; Zechariah 2:4]
13. [2 Kings 9:22]
14. Deuteronomy 18:10; [Isaiah 2:6]
15. Zechariah 13:2
16. Hosea 3:4
17. [Isaiah 17:8]
18. Exodus 34:13; See Deuteronomy 16:21
19. [See ver. 11 above]
20. [ver. 8; Psalms 149:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:8]

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