Micah 5:5, Micah 5:6 ESV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 5:2-15

God’s chosen king (5:2-15)Ruling over Israel in this golden age will be a king specially chosen by God. He will have only a humble beginning, being born in the small Judean town of Bethlehem. But his ancestry will go back to ancient times, to the great king David, who himself came from Bethlehem and whose dynasty was guaranteed by God to last for ever. This king will have full right to David’s throne, and through him God’s promises to David will be fulfilled (2; cf. 1 Samuel 17:12; 2 Samuel... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 5:5

this Man, &c. = this [great Shepherd of Israel]. Compare Psalms 72:7 . Isaiah 9:6 , Isaiah 9:7 . Zechariah 9:10 . Assyrian. This is emphatic in Hebrew. when, &c. Compare Isaiah 7:20 Isaiah 8:7-10 ; Isaiah 37:31-36 . then, &c. Compare Isaiah 44:28 ; Isaiah 59:19 . Zechariah 1:18-21 ; Zechariah 9:13 ; Zechariah 10:3 ; Zechariah 12:6 . seven shepherds . . . men. When that time comes the meaning of this will be seen. men. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 5:5

"And this man shall be our peace. When the Assyrians shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.""When the Assyrians shall come into our land ..."The Assyrians being Israel's most powerful foe at that time, they are made the representative of all of Israel's foes of all ages, who shall receive their final destruction in Messiah's coming (Ezekiel 38).[12]"Seven ... and eight ..." Seven is the perfect... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Micah 5:5-6

Micah 5:5-6. 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 5:6 who shall feed upon the land of, &c. And the land of Nimrod with the edge thereof; and shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when, &c. Micah now returns, says he, to the last times of the Jewish republic, which were spoken of at the end of the preceding chapter; and, after... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Micah 5:5

5. this man—in Hebrew simply "This." The One just mentioned; He and He alone. Emphatical for Messiah (compare :-). the peace—the fountainhead of peace between God and man, between Israel and Israel's justly offended God (Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 9:6; Ephesians 2:14; Ephesians 2:17; Colossians 1:20), and, as the consequence, the fountain of "peace on earth," where heretofore all is strife (Micah 4:3; Hosea 2:18; Zechariah 9:10; Luke 2:14). the Assyrian—Being Israel's most powerful foe at that... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:2-5

3. The King of Zion 5:2-5a"In chapter 5 the prophet repeated and expanded the major themes of Micah 4:6-10, only in reverse order. This creates a chiastic structure for the central portion of the speech, which can be outlined as follows:A The Lord strengthens a remnant (Micah 4:6-7 a)B Dominion restored (Micah 4:7-8)C Zion and her king are humiliated (Micah 4:9-10)D Zion saved from the present crisis (Micah 4:11-13)C’ Zion and her king are humiliated (Micah 5:1)B’ Dominion restored (Micah... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:5

Assyria was the main threat to the Israelites in Micah’s day, but this prophecy predicts Israel’s victory over the Assyrians. This did not happen in the history of Israel; Assyria defeated the Northern Kingdom and most of the Southern Kingdom. Thus this prophecy must continue the vision of the distant future that God gave Micah (Micah 4:1 to Micah 5:5 a). When future Assyrians, representative of Israel’s enemies (cf. Micah 7:12; Isaiah 11:11; Zechariah 10:10), again invade the Promised Land and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:5-6

4. The peace of Zion 5:5b-6This pericope continues the emphasis on future peace. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 5:1-15

The Birth of the Messiah1- 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 birthplace (Micah 5:2). God raised up thence a ruler who shepherded his people instead of fleecing them, and who represented God’s eternal ideal of a ruler, not his own interests. He will send us in our new need another like the first. And this man shall be our peace (Micah 5:5). It is Micah’s prophecy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 5:5

(5) And this man shall be the peace—i.e., He shall Himself be Peace (after the same idiomatic expression David speaks of himself, “For my love they are my adversaries, but I am Prayer”—Psalms 109:4). This sentence is connected with the former instead of the following passage, with which the Authorised Version joins it.When the Assyrian shall come into our land.—This may refer to the imminent apprehension of the invasion of Sennacherib, but the actual event does not correspond to it. It may look... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Micah 5:2-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Micah 5:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Micah 5:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Micah 5:5-6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Micah 5:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:2-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Micah 5:5-6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Micah 5:1-15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Micah 5:5

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