Micah 5 Footnotes

5:4-6 These verses await fulfillment at the second coming of Christ. The mention of Assyria seems at first glance to shift the focus back to Micah’s own day. The Lord did save Jerusalem from the Assyrian Sennacherib, but the end of v. 6 says that the Messiah (“he”) will deliver the nation from Assyria. Micah mentioned “the land of Nimrod” in addition to Assyria, a designation that meant he had something broader than just Assyria in mind. In Genesis, Nimrod was viewed as the founder of both Babylonia and Assyria (Gn 10:8-12). Micah viewed Assyria, the major world power of his day, as symbolic of all the kingdoms of the world (Zch 10:11). Even so, the Messiah will deliver Israel in the last days from all the powers that come against it.