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**Now** = Meanwhile; as in [Micah 4:10](../../../kjv/micah/4/10) , [Micah 4:11](../../../kjv/micah/4/11) . Showing that [Micah 5:1](../../../kjv/micah/5/1) relates to the interval between the then present time and "that day" of [Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1) , [Micah 4:6](../../../kjv/micah/4/6) .
**gather thyself, &c.:** or, thou shalt have sore tribulation [for thy sins], thou daughter of affliction.
**he:** i.e. the enemy. The Assyrian.
**us.** The prophet includes himself.
**the judge.** Or, the then ruler (compare [1 Kings 22:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/24) .[Lamentations 3:30](../../../kjv/lamentations/3/30) ; [Lamentations 4:20](../../../kjv/lamentations/4/20) ; [Lamentations 5:8](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/8) , [Lamentations 5:12](../../../kjv/lamentations/5/12) ), who would thus be the type of the Messiah ([Matthew 27:30](../../../kjv/matthew/27/30) ).
**rod** = sceptre. Hebrew shebet = the club (of defence), as in [Micah 7:14](../../../kjv/micah/7/14) ; hence, of office; not *matteh,* the rod or staff (of support), as in [Micah 6:9](../../../kjv/micah/6/9) . See note on [Psalms 23:4](../../../kjv/psalms/23/4) .

**But thou.** This marks out the Structure. Compare [Micah 4:8](../../../kjv/micah/4/8) with [Micah 5:2](../../../kjv/micah/5/2) . Quoted in [Matthew 2:5](../../../kjv/matthew/2/5) , [Matthew 2:6](../../../kjv/matthew/2/6) . [John 7:42](../../../kjv/john/7/42) .
**Beth-lehem Ephratah.** The full name given, as in [Genesis 35:19](../../../kjv/genesis/35/19) , thus connecting [Genesis 35:21](../../../kjv/genesis/35/21) with [Micah 4:8](../../../kjv/micah/4/8) .
**little** = too little [to rank among]. Compare [1 Corinthians 1:27-29](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/27-29) .
**thousands** = districts ([1 Samuel 23:23](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/23) ). Like our old English divisions, called "hundreds". Compare [Exodus 18:25](../../../kjv/exodus/18/25) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 18:25](../../../kjv/exodus/18/25) ).
**come forth.** Note the difference between Hebrew here ( *yatza* ) and *bo'* = come unto, in [Zechariah 9:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/9) . All the events between these two make up the period we call "the first Advent", and thus are typical of the "second Advent"; the *coming forth* being [1 Thessalonians 4:16](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/16) , and the *coming unto* being [1 Thessalonians 5:2](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/2) , [1 Thessalonians 5:3](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/3) , and [2 Thessalonians 2:8](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/8) , the former being in grace, the latter in judgment. A similar period may elapse in the antitypical comings as in the typical comings of [Micah 5:2](../../../kjv/micah/5/2) , and [Zechariah 9:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/9) .
**unto** = for.
**everlasting.** Compare [Psalms 90:2](../../../kjv/psalms/90/2) .[Proverbs 8:22](../../../kjv/proverbs/8/22) , [3 John 1:1](../../../kjv/3-john/1/1); [3 John 1:1](../../../kjv/3-john/1/1) , [John 1:2](../../../kjv/john/1/2) .

**until the time:** i.e. the end of the "meanwhile" ([Micah 5:1](../../../kjv/micah/5/1) ).
**she which travaileth.** Compare [Micah 4:9](../../../kjv/micah/4/9) , [Micah 4:10](../../../kjv/micah/4/10) -, above. and note there; also [John 16:21](../../../kjv/john/16/21) , [John 16:22](../../../kjv/john/16/22) , and [Revelation 12:1-6](../../../kjv/revelation/12/1-6) .
**children** = sons.

**He:** i.e. the Shepherd of Israel. Ref to Pentateuch ([Genesis 49:24](../../../kjv/genesis/49/24) ). App-92 . Compare [Psalms 80:1](../../../kjv/psalms/80/1) .[Jeremiah 31:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/10) . [Ezekiel 34:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/23) .
**feed** = tend, or shepherd (as a flock). Compare [Micah 7:14](../../../kjv/micah/7/14) .[Isaiah 40:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/11) ; [Isaiah 49:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/10) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**they.** Israel, His flock.
**shall abide.** In everlasting security.
**shall He be great.** Compare [Psalms 22:27](../../../kjv/psalms/22/27) ; [Psalms 72:8](../../../kjv/psalms/72/8) ; [Psalms 98:1](../../../kjv/psalms/98/1) .[Isaiah 49:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/5) , [Isaiah 49:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/7) ; [Isaiah 52:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/13) .[Zechariah 9:10](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/10) . [Luke 1:32](../../../kjv/luke/1/32) .[Revelation 11:15](../../../kjv/revelation/11/15) .

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

**waste** = eat up.
**the land of Nimrod.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 10:8-10](../../../kjv/genesis/10/8-10) ). App-92 . The name occurs elsewhere only in [1 Chronicles 1:10](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/10) and none can deliver.
**entrances** = passes. Compare [Nahum 3:13](../../../kjv/nahum/3/13) .
**when.** See note on [Micah 5:5](../../../kjv/micah/5/5) .

**as a dew, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/2) , the same verbal idiom). App-92 .
**a dew** = a night mist. See note on [Psalms 133:3](../../../kjv/psalms/133/3) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**shall be, &c.** This refers to restored Israel "in that day"; not to any other people now.
**people.** Hebrew = peoples.
**as a lion, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 23:24](../../../kjv/numbers/23/24) ; [Numbers 24:9](../../../kjv/numbers/24/9) ). App-92 .

**shall be out off.** Note the Figure of speech *Anaphora* ( App-6 ), in the repetition, "cut off", four times in verses: [Micah 5:9-13](../../../kjv/micah/5/9-13) . All this refers eventually to restored Israel.

**in that day.** The Structure connects [Micah 5:10-14](../../../kjv/micah/5/10-14) with [Micah 4:6](../../../kjv/micah/4/6) -- [Micah 5:8](../../../kjv/micah/5/8) , and shows it to be the same, and yet future time, called in [Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1) "the last days".
**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.
**I will cut off, &c.** See note on [Micah 5:9](../../../kjv/micah/5/9) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 17:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/16) ). App-92 . Compare [Isaiah 2:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/7) . [Zechariah 9:10](../../../kjv/zechariah/9/10) .

**witchcrafts** = sorceries. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 22:18](../../../kjv/exodus/22/18) . [Leviticus 19:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/26) . [Deuteronomy 18:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/10) ). App-92 .
**hand.** Some codices, with Septuagint, and Syriac, read "hands".
**soothsayers:** i.e. users of secret or occult arts.

**graven images.** See [Micah 1:7](../../../kjv/micah/1/7) , the same word.
**standing images** = pillars. Probably = *'Asherahs.* See App-42 . Compare "groves", [Micah 5:14](../../../kjv/micah/5/14) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 23:24](../../../kjv/exodus/23/24) ; [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .[Deuteronomy 7:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/5); [Deuteronomy 7:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/5) ). App-92 .

**pluck up** = root up, or tear down.
**thy groves** = thine *'Asherahs.* App-42 . Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .[Deuteronomy 7:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/5) ; [Deuteronomy 12:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/3) ).
**thy cities.** Ginsburg thinks "thine idols". Authorized Version margin suggests "enemies".

**heathen** = nations.

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