Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.

Micah 5 {1 of 4} [History]
Micah 5 {2 of 4} [Prophesy]
Micah 5 {3 of 4} [Nature of God]
Micah 5 {4 of 4} [Hebrew Word Meanings]

Micah 5

The Messiah Will Be Born at Bethlehem

Micah 5:¹ Now gather yourself in troops,
O daughter of troops;
He has laid siege against us;
They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

• The Judge of Israel is the Jewish Messiah, Jesus.

The Coming Messiah

Micah 5:² “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,

• See Micah 5 {1 of 4} [History]

Whose goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting (Lit. the days of eternity).”

• See Micah 5 {3 of 4} [Nature of God]

• Jesus was born in Bethlehem. When He returns to earth He will rule the world from Jerusalem.

• Also See TOPIC: Jesus as King

• Jesus is from everlasting to everlasting.
• See Micah 5 {3 of 4} [The Eternal Nature of God]
• Also See TOPIC: “Trinity”

Micah 5:³ Therefore He (God) shall give them up (In 70 AD, the Temple is destroyed and the Jewish population is taken into captivity by Rome, before being scattered among the nations and without a homeland),
Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth;
Then the remnant of His (Jesus’) brethren
Shall return to the children of Israel.

• See Micah 5 {1 of 4} [History]
  
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The Upcoming Millennium

Micah 5:⁴ And He (Jesus) shall stand and feed (shepherd) His flock
In the strength of the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ ),
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God (Yᵊhōvâ ‘ĕlōhîm);
And they shall abide,
For now He shall be great
To the ends of the earth;

Micah 5:⁵ And this One (Jesus) shall be peace.

• Isaiah 9:⁶ For unto us a Child is born,
  Unto us a Son is given;
  And the government will be upon His shoulder.
  And His name will be called
  Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

The Prophetic Tribulation

When the Assyrian comes into our land,
And when he treads in our palaces,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight princely men.

• The Assyrian is the coming Antichrist, also known as the King of the North, Syria among other identities who will rule from Jerusalem during the Tribulation.
• See Topic: The I.D. of the Antichrist
• See Topic: The Antichrist
• See Topic: Names of the Antichrist

Micah 5:⁶ They (the seven shepherds and eight princely men) shall waste (devastate) with the sword the land of Assyria,
And the land of Nimrod (Babylon/Jerusalem) at its entrances;
Thus He (Jesus) shall deliver us (the Jews) from the Assyrian,
When he comes into our land
And when he treads within our borders.

• The Harlot in Revelation has Babylon written on her forehead. The Harlot is Jerusalem’s idolatry. The Antichrist rules in Jerusalem, and he is the Syrian of Alexander the Great’s era and one of the horns on Daniel’s vision of the goat with four horns. At that time, Syria’s border ranged from the Mediterranean Sea to the borders of India. In short, the whole Mid-East including Babylon in Iraq. The Antichrist may very well not only be Syrian but also specifically of a Babylonian background.

• Daniel 11:32 Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

Then the Millennium

Micah 5:⁷ Then the remnant of Jacob
Shall be in the midst of many peoples,
Like dew from the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ),
Like showers on the grass,
That tarry (wait) for no man
Nor wait (delay) for the sons of men.

Micah 5:⁸ And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And none can deliver.

• Zechariah 8:23 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘In those days ten men from every language of the nations (Gentiles) shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” ’ ”

Micah 5:⁹ Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,
And all your enemies shall be cut off (destroyed).

Micah 5:¹⁰ “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord (Yᵊhōvâ),
“That I will cut off (destroy) your (adversaries of the Jews) horses (forces) from your midst
And destroy your chariots.

Micah 5:¹¹ I will cut off the cities of your (adversaries of the Jews) land
And throw down all your strongholds.

• The destruction of the nations who came against the Jews.
  * The ten tribes of the battle of Psalm 83.
  * The ten tribes of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39.
  * The Edomites (clay) of Daniel chapter 2.
  * The Syrians including Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Edomites and Palestinians

Micah 5:¹² I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no soothsayers.

• See Micah 5 {4 of 4} [Hebrew Word Meanings]

Micah 5:¹³ Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall no more worship the work of your hands;

• See Micah 5 {4 of 4} [Hebrew Word Meanings]

Micah 5:¹⁴ I will pluck your wooden images (Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities) from your midst; Thus I will destroy your cities.

• See Micah 5 {4 of 4} [The Meaning of Hebrew Words]

Micah 5:¹⁵ And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury on the nations that have not heard (obeyed).”

• To execute vengeance is the role of the Kinsman Redeemer. See Topic: Jesus as the Kinsman Redeemer

• Zephaniah 3:⁸ Armageddon – My determination is to gather the (gentile) nations
  To My assembly of kingdoms, to pour on them My indignation,
  All My fierce anger; all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.
• The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations –
  Matthew 25:^31-33 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him,
  then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
• Joel 3:2 I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.
• Amos Chapter 1: Judgments on Israel’s Neighbors
• Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested.”
• Psalm 2:7 “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. ⁸ Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. ⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.’ ” ¹⁰ Now therefore, be wise, O kings; Be instructed, you judges of the earth. ¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling.¹² Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.