Micah 5:1

Translations

Modern

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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Now mobilize your troops, O daughter of a troop! A siege he has laid against us; with a rod they will strike on the cheek the judge of Israel.

Latin

Nunc vastaberis, filia latronis. Obsidionem posuerunt super nos: in virga percutient maxillam judicis Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

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.

Notes

Micah 5:1

The Assyrians defeated Israel's leader (compare Micah 6:9). Hitting someone with a rod showed disrespect (compare 1 Kings 22:24).

Micah 5:1–15

This section urges Israel to prepare for the fierce attack by Assyria, Israel's enemy (Micah 5:5b–6). This terrifying siege will not destroy Israel, because God will provide a leader (Micah 5:2–5a) to guide the people back from exile. God will preserve and purify the remaining people (Micah 5:7–14), completing their restoration as God's victorious people.

Micah 3:1–5:15

This message accuses the evil leaders who harmed God's people. It contrasts them with a vision of God's kingdom and a righteous king's rule. After facing judgment and exile, a purified Israel would return and receive God's blessings.

Events

Prophecies of Micahc. 754 BC

Related verses

Lamentations 3:30
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
John 19:3
And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
Job 16:10
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
John 18:22
When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
Acts 23:2
At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
2 Kings 25:1–3
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
2 Corinthians 11:20
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
Deuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Matthew 27:30
Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Parallels

Matthew 2:1–12

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Micah

Topics

Court: Contempt of Jesus, the Christ: Judge Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning Micah: One of the Minor Prophets: Prophesies the Coming of the Messiah Persecution of Jesus Prophecies Respecting Christ: His Being Smitten on the Cheek Sieges: The Judgments of God Titles and Names of Christ: Judge of Israel

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