Micah 5:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 5

¹Now 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.

Micah 5:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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.
Acts 23:2
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
John 18:22
And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

Here, as before, we have, I. The abasement and distress of Zion, Mic. 5:1. The Jewish nation, for many years before the captivity, dwindled, and fell into disgrace: Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops! It is either a summons to Zion’s enemies, that had troops at their service, to come and do their worst against her (God will suffer them to do it), or a challenge to Zion’s friends, t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Mi 5:1-15. The Calamities Which Precede Messiah’s Advent. His Kingdom, Conquest of Jacob’s Foes, and Blessing upon His People. 1. gather thyself in troops--that is, thou shalt do so, to resist the enemy. 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 call…