Micah 5:1 KJV — MannaFest

Micah 5:1

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.

KJV

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ASV

Now shalt thou 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.

WEB

Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

YLT

Now gather thyself together, O daughter of troops, A siege he hath laid against us, With a rod they smite on the cheek the judge of Israel.

DBT

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.

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Micah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.

Author: Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
Date: c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

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Luke 24:44
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
John 19:3
And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.

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A promise of the Messiah, and of his kingdom, to support the people of God in the day of these troubles. Of the birth of the Messiah,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

38, 39 ), he adds an illustrious prediction of the Messiah and his kingdom, in whom that covenant should be established, and the honours of that house should be revived, advanced, and perpetuated. How the Messiah is here described. It is he that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, from the days of eternity, as the word is.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Lest the faithful should fall into carnal security because of the previous promises, he reminds them of the calamities which are to precede the prosperity. daughter of troops--Jerusalem is so called on account of her numerous troops. he hath laid siege--the enemy hath. they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek--the greatest of insults to an Oriental.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

They - The proud, oppressive enemy. Of Israel - Not the ten tribes, though they are actually called by this name, but the two tribes that adhered to David's family. A rod - This is a proverbial speech, expressing the most contemptuous usage.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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MIC 5:1MAT 26:67 ISA 50:6
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
MIC 5:1ISA 33:22 ACT 5:31
MIC 5:1ISA 33:22 JAS 4:12
MIC 5:1ISA 33:22 ZEP 3:15-17
MIC 5:1JOB 16:10 PSA 35:15
MIC 5:1JOB 16:10 PSA 22:13
MIC 5:1ISA 33:22 ISA 35:4
MIC 5:1ISA 33:22 PSA 89:18

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