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Verse Micah 5:6. _THE LAND OF NIMROD_] Assyria, and Nineveh its
capital; and Babylon, which was also built by Nimrod, who was its
_first_ king, Genesis 10:11-1, in the _margin_.
_IN THE ENTRANCES TH...
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AND THEY SHALL WASTE - Literally, feed on, and so eat up. They who
were shepherds of their own people, should consume their enemies.
Jeremiah uses the same image. “The shepherds with their flocks shal...
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. The siege and the smitten judge (Micah 5:1) _
2. The smitten judge: Who he is (Micah 5:2)
3. The events of the future: (Micah 5:3)
4. The Rejected One, the Shepherd of Israel ...
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MESSIANIC ANTICIPATIONS. This paragraph, like the last, seems to
consist of several separate prophecies, viz. Micah 5:2, describing the
emergence of a triumphant Davidic ruler; Micah 5:5 f., deliveran...
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_PROTECTION FOR GOD'S PEOPLE -- MICAH 5:5-7:_ The children of Israel
would spend seventy years in captivity as promised by the Almighty.
God promised that He would raise up, "seven shepherds and eight...
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WHEN THE ASSYRIAN SHALL COME, &C.— Instead of, _Shall we raise
against him,_ &c. in Micah 5:5. Houbigant reads, _Seven shepherds and
eight princes of the people shall be raised against them;_ Micah 5:...
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FOCUS ON THE MESSIAH. Micah 5:2-6
RV. But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the
thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is
to be ruler in Israel; whose...
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And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land
of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the
Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadet...
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5:6 waste (c-4) Or 'feed on,' or 'rule,' Psalms 49:14 ; Psalms 80:13 ....
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THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH
1-5a. Jerusalem is besieged, its ruler insulted by the invader (Micah
5:1). Micah proclaims not only deliverance, but a deliverer. He will
arise from Bethlehem, David's birthp...
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LAND OF NIMROD] cp. Genesis 10:11.
7-9. Israel's dual mission. Its message has been trusted to it by God,
and cannot remain without effect. To those who receive this truth
gladly, it will come like r...
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Micah’s message is that the *Messiah will rule the world. His rule
will bring his peace. Here Micah uses the words ‘our’ and
‘us’. It means that the *Messiah will rule together with his loyal
people....
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MICAH SPEAKS A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ALL THE NATIONS
MICAH
_LES PAINTER_
CHAPTER 5
5:1-6 THE *MESSIAH’S BIRTH AND HIS FUTURE GREATNESS
The main subject of Micah’s message now changes. He has spoke...
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THEY SHALL WASTE. — Literally, _feed upon, consume, depasture._ The
Land of Nimrod represents the opposing world-power....
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_[Micah 5:5]_ וְ רָע֞וּ אֶת ־אֶ֤רֶץ
אַשּׁוּר֙...
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THE KING TO COME
Micah 4:8 - Micah 5:1
WHEN a people has to be purged of long injustice, when some high aim
of liberty or of order has to be won, it is remarkable how often the
drama of revolution pa...
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THE DELIVERER FROM BETHLEHEM
Micah 5:1-15
This name for Bethlehem recalls Genesis 48:7. Though insignificant in
size she would outshine her compeers, because of Messiah's birth,
Matthew 2:6. As man,...
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Having thus described the coming deliverance, Micah utters the
wonderful prophecy concerning the Deliverer and the deliverance under
His administration.
The Person of the Deliverer is first described...
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And they shall waste the (g) land of Assyria with the sword, and the
land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he (h) deliver
[us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when h...
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They. Hystaspes first laid a tax of money on the Persians, who hence
styled him a merchant. (Herodotus iii. 89.) --- He was severe, and
often at war. (Calmet) --- Feed. They shall make spiritual conqu...
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Wherefore the translators of our Bible into English, put in the word
man into the first of these verses, I know not, for certain it is they
had no authority to do so, not being in the original. But we...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The prophecy of Micah, like all the rest, has its own distinctive
properties, though falling into the general current of testimony to
Israel, and so far with...
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In this verse the Prophet says, that the shepherds, chosen by the
Church, after it had been miserably oppressed by the tyranny of its
enemies, would have a twofold office. They shall first _feed; _tha...
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But there was something more definite still to be declared; the
principal enemy of the last days was to be pointed out, and this in
special connection with another and fatal sin of Jerusalem and her
p...
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AND THEY SHALL WASTE THE LAND OF ASSYRIA WITH THE SWORD,.... Or "feed
e upon it" with the sword, destroy the inhabitants of it; either
spiritually subdue the nations of the world to the obedience of
C...
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And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land
of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from
the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treade...
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_And they_ The seven shepherds and eight principal men; or, _the
rulers_ and _princes of men_, mentioned in the preceding clause; those
great and successful instruments of God's revenge, and his churc...
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And they shall waste the land of Assyria, representative of all the
hosts which rise up against the Lord, WITH THE SWORD AND THE LAND OF
NIMROD, who was the founder of the first great world monarchy,...
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THE PERSON AND THE RULE OF MESSIAH.
Having described the conditions and circumstances under which the
period of Messianic glory would be established, the prophet now turns
to the direct prediction co...
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WASTE:
_ Heb._ eat up
WITH THE SWORD:
Or, with her own naked swords [symbol in wrong place in verse]...
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1-6 Having showed how low the house of David would be brought, a
prediction of the Messiah and his kingdom is added to encourage the
faith of God's people. His existence from eternity as God, and his...
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AND THEY, the seven shepherds and eight principal men, i.e. those
great, wise, and successful instruments of God's revenge, and of his
church's deliverance, SHALL WASTE THE LAND OF ASSYRIA WITH THE SW...
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Micah 5:6 waste H7462 (H8804) sword H2719 land H776 Assyria H804 land
H776 Nimrod H5248 entrances H6607 deliver...
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PRIOR TO HIS COMING YHWH WILL BRING ABOUT THE WASTING OF THE ASSYRIANS
BY MEANS OF SEVEN SHEPHERDS AND EIGHT PRINCIPAL MEN BUT HIS PEOPLE
WILL NEVERTHELESS END UP IN EXILE AMONG THE NATIONS. (MICAH 5:...
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CONTENTS: The birth and rejection of Christ foretold. His ultimate
eternal kingdom after His rejection.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Christ, who existed from eternity as Son of God, was to b...
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Micah 5:1. _Oh daughter of troops._ Of thieves, that is, the
Chaldeans, who having robbed all the nations of Asia, came to
Jerusalem, and robbed the whole land, smote Zedekiah with the severe
rod of c...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:1 A new hope for Israel, and for the whole
world, comes by means of a new David. His deeds are praised (vv. Micah
5:1) and the influence of the Israelite remnant among the nation...
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MICAH—NOTE ON MICAH 5:5 True PEACE among people is achieved by the
Messiah, who overcomes conflict (compare Ephesians 2:14). The Assyrian
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Micah 5:5. Man] Heb. _this_, emphatic (Genesis 5:29); the cause or
author of _peace_ between God and man (Zechariah 9:10;...
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EXPOSITION
MICAH 5:1
_§ _8_. After Zion_'_s degradation Messiah shall be born, and shall
bring the world into subjection._
MICAH 5:1
This verse is joined to the preceding chapter in the Hebrew. Jer...
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Now in chapter 5 Micah leaves that scene of the future and he comes
back to an intermediate scene.
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege
against us: and they shall sm...
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2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 18:9;...
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They — The seven shepherds, and eight principal men, those great
instruments of God's revenge, and his church's deliverance. Waste the
land — So did Merodach Baladan, king of Babylon. The land of Nimr...