Micah 5:1
Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
- KJV
- Now 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.
- WEB
- Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
- ASV
- Now shalt thou 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.
- DARBY
- Now 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.
- BLB
- Now mobilize your troops, O daughter of a troop! A siege he has laid against us; with a rod they will strike on the cheek the judge of Israel.
- ÅB
- Nå samler du deg i tropp, du troppenes datter![^2]
De har lagt beleiring mot oss.
Med staven slår de Israels dommer på kinnbeinet.
[^1]: Kongeborgens tårn. Jf. 1 Mos 35,21.
[^2]: Det samme som Sions datter. - OTB
- Nå, samle dere i tropper, datter av krigere;
De har beleiret oss;
Med en stav vil de slå Israels dommer
På kinnet. - B1930
- Nu samler du dig i skare, du skarenes datter! Voller har de kastet op imot oss; med staven slår de Israels dommer på kinnbenet. / < det samme som Sions datter.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 3:30
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
Read in contextJob 16:10
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Read in contextMatthew 26:67
Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
Read in contextJohn 19:3
And they went up to Him again and again, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapping Him in the face.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
Read in contextJohn 18:22
When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:20
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
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