Micah 5:4-6

The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem

4 And he shall stand x and shepherd his flock y in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now z he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.

5 And he shall be a their peace.
b When the Assyrian comes into our land
and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven c shepherds
and eight princes of men;
 6 they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of d Nimrod at its entrances;
and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian
b when he comes into our land
and treads within our border.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:11
    He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
    Micah 7:14
    Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:3 - 5
    And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 72:8
    May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
    Isaiah 52:13
    Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
    Luke 1:32
    He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:6
    For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
    Zechariah 9:10
    I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
    Ephesians 2:14
    For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:13
    In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:2 - 3
    The mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 10:8
    Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
    Genesis 10:10 - 11
    The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  8. Cross References
    Micah 5:5
    And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men.
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