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.
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He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
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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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,…
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