Micah 5:6
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword,.... Or "feed (e) upon it" with the sword, destroy the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And they shall waste - Literally, feed on, and so eat up. They who were shepherds of their own people, should consume…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The land of Nimrod - Assyria, and Nineveh its capital; and Babylon, which was also built by Nimrod, who was its first…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Micah 5:1-6
Here, as before, we have,
I. The abasement and distress of Zion, Mic 5:1. The Jewish nation, for many years before the…
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