Self-interpreting Bible
Micah 5
1The birth of Christ foretold: 4his kingdom: 8his complete conquest over his enemies.
1 NOW agather thyself in troops, O bdaughter of troops: che hath laid siege against us: they dshall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
- a: Je. 25:9 , Je. 25:10 , Je. 4:7
- b: Ge. 10:9 , Ge. 10:10 , Je. 51:20 - 23 , Is. 14:6 , Is. 14:16 , Is. 14:17
- c: Je. 6:3 - 6 , De. 28:52 - 57 , Le. 26:25 , 2Ki. 24:10 , 2Ki. 25:1 - 3
- d: Mat. 27:30 , La. 3:30 , Je. 39:5 - 7 , Job 16:10 , 1Ki. 22:24
2 But thou, eBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the fthousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be gruler in Israel; whose hgoings forth have been from of old, from 1everlasting.
- e: Mat. 2:6 , Jn. 7:42 , Lu. 2:4 , Lu. 2:6 , Lu. 2:7 , Ge. 35:19 , Ps. 132:6
- f: Ex. 18:21 - 25 , Ju. 6:15 , 1Sa. 10:19 , 1Sa. 23:23
- g: Ge. 49:10 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 9:7 , Is. 11:1 - 5 , Zec. 9:9 , Je. 23:5 , Je. 23:6 , Mat. 28:18
- h: Jn. 1:1 , Col. 1:17 , Ps. 90:2 , Ps. 2:7 , Pr. 8:22 , Pr. 8:23 , 1Pe. 1:20 , Ho. 6:3
- 1: Heb. the days of eternity.
3 Therefore will he igive them up, until the time that she which *travaileth jhath brought forth: then the kremnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
- i: Mi. 4:10 , Mi. 7:13 , Eze. 21:25 - 27 , Ho. 3:3 , Ho. 3:4
- *: travaileth-labours in childbirth.
- j: Mi. 4:10 , Is. 66:7 , Is. 66:8 , Is. 7:14 , Mat. 1:21 , Ga. 4:27 , Re. 12:5 , Re. 11:11 - 15
- k: Je. 3:18 , Je. 31:1 - 9 , Je. 31:20 , He. 2:11 , He. 2:12 , Jn. 10:16 , Is. 11:10 , Ep. 5:30 , Mi. 5:7 , Mi. 5:8
4 ¶And lhe shall stand and 2feed in the strength of the LORD, min the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall nabide: for now oshall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
- l: Ps. 2:6 , Ps. 89:20 - 28 , Is. 40:11 , Eze. 34:23 , Eze. 34:24 , Mat. 28:18 , Mat. 7:29 , Is. 50:4 , Is. 50:7 , Is. 50:9
- 2: Or, rule.
- m: Ex. 23:21 , Ps. 45:3 - 5 , Is. 49:3 , Jn. 13:31 , Jn. 13:32 , Jn. 10:38 , Jn. 5:22 - 27 , Jn. 5:43
- n: Mat. 16:18 , Jn. 10:28 , Jn. 10:29 , vs. 1
- o: Ps. 22:27 - 31 , Ps. 72:8 - 11 , Re. 11:15 , Zec. 9:10
5 And this man shall be pthe peace, qwhen the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him rseven shepherds, and eight 3principal men.
- p: Ep. 2:13 - 17 , Col. 1:20 , Lu. 2:14 , Zec. 9:10 , Ps. 72:7 , Is. 9:6 , Is. 9:7
- q: Is. 8:7 - 10 , Is. 37:35 - 37 , Ps. 110:5 , Ps. 110:6 , Revelation 12 , Revelation 13 , Revelation 20 , Ezekiel 38
- r: Je. 6:3 , Je. 25:34 , Is. 44:28 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 51:28
- 3: Heb. princes of men.
6 And sthey shall 4waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod 5in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he tcometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
- s: Nahum 1 - 3 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 21 , Isaiah 47 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Lu. 1:71 , Lu. 1:74
- 4: Heb. eat up.
- 5: Heb. with her own naked swords.
- t: 2 Kings 18 , 2 Kings 19 , 2 Kings 24 , 2 Kings 25 , 2Ch. 33:11 , Revelation 12 , Revelation 13 , Revelation 20 , Ezekiel 38 , Ezekiel 39
7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people uas a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that vtarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
- u: De. 32:2 , Ho. 14:5 - 8 , Ho. 6:3 , Is. 30:25 , Is. 32:15 - 18 , Is. 44:3 - 5 , Is. 49:12 - 23 , Isaiah 60 - 62 , Isaiah 65 , Isaiah 66 , Is. 19:24 , Is. 2:3 , Ps. 72:6 , Ps. 103:3 - 5 , Ps. 68:9 , 2 Chronicles 30 , Acts 2 - 19 , Ro. 11:12 , Ro. 11:15 , 1Co. 3:6 , 2Co. 2:15
- v: Je. 14:22 , Is. 55:10 , Is. 30:21 , Ac. 16:6 , Ac. 16:7 , Ac. 16:10 , Ro. 5:20 , Ro. 5:21 , 1Ti. 1:16
8 ¶And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people was a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of 6sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
9 xThine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- x: Is. 37:22 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 14:1 - 3 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 21 , Is. 26:11 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51 , Ezekiel 38 , Ezekiel 39 , Is. 11:14 , Am. 9:12 , Ob. vs. 17 - 21 , Mi. 4:13 , Zec. 9:13 , Zec. 9:16 , Zec. 10:4 - 12 , Zec. 12:2 - 9 , Zec. 14:2 - 5 , Revelation 6 , Revelation 11 , Revelation 12 , Revelation 14 , Revelation 16 , Revelation 19 , Revelation 20
10 And it shall come to pass yin that day, saith the LORD, that zI will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
12 And I will cut off awitchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more b*soothsayers:
13 Thy cgraven images also will I cut off, and thy 7standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
- c: Is. 1:29 , Is. 2:18 - 21 , Is. 17:7 , Is. 17:8 , Eze. 6:8 , Eze. 6:9 , Eze. 36:25 , Eze. 37:27 , Ho. 2:16 , Ho. 14:3 , Ho. 14:8 , Zec. 13:2
- 7: Or, statues.
14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy 8cities.
- 8: Or, enemies.
15 And dI will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
- d: Ps. 110:5 , Ps. 110:6 , Is. 10:16 - 19 , Is. 10:25 , Is. 10:34 , Isaiah 13 - 21 , Isaiah 23 , Is. 26:11 , Nahum 1 - 3 , Jeremiah 25 , Jeremiah 46 - 51 , Ezekiel 25 - 32 , Ezekiel 35 , Ezekiel 38 , Ezekiel 39 , Daniel 7 , Daniel 8 , Daniel 11 , Da. 12:1 , Matthew 24 , Revelation 6 , Revelation 8 , Revelation 9 , Revelation 11 , Revelation 14 , Revelation 16 , Revelation 19 , Revelation 20 , Mi. 5:6 , Mi. 5:8 , Mi. 5:9 , Ps. 149:7 , 2Th. 1:8