Micah 5:6 “And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of…”

Micah 5:6

And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

World English Bible

They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.

American Standard Version

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they shall destroy Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their swordes: thus shall he deliuer vs from Asshur, when hee commeth into our lande, and when he shall tread within our borders.

Darby Translation

And they shall waste the land of Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof; and he shall deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have afflicted the land of Asshur with the sword, And the land of Nimrod at its openings, And he hath delivered from Asshur when he doth come into our land, And when he treadeth in our borders.

Bible in Basic English

And they will make waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the edge of the sword: he will give us salvation from the Assyrian when he comes into our country, when his feet come inside the limit of our land.

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Cross references

“they”

Isaiah 14:2 Isaiah 33:1 Nahum 2:11–13 Nahum 3:1–3

Isaiah 14:2 · BSB

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over th…

Isaiah 33:1 · BSB

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

Nahum 2:11–13 · BSB

Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

Nahum 3:1–3 · BSB

Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.

“the land of Nimrod”

Genesis 10:9–11

Genesis 10:9–11 · BSB

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

“thus”

Isaiah 14:25 Luke 1:74 Luke 1:71

Isaiah 14:25 · BSB

I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

Luke 1:74 · BSB

deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,

Luke 1:71 · BSB

salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

“the Assyrian”

2 Kings 15:29 2 Kings 17:3–5 2 Kings 18:9–15 2 Kings 19:32–35 2 Chronicles 33:11 Isaiah 10:5–12

2 Kings 15:29 · BSB

In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as cap…

2 Kings 17:3–5 · BSB

Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.

2 Kings 18:9–15 · BSB

In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

2 Kings 19:32–35 · BSB

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

2 Chronicles 33:11 · BSB

So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Isaiah 10:5–12 · BSB

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Also

Genesis 10:8–11 Zephaniah 2:13

Genesis 10:8–11 · BSB

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Zephaniah 2:13 · BSB

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.

7Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

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