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.

micah 5:6 And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver [us] from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory.

6. waste--literally, "eat up": following up the metaphor of "shepherds" (compare Nu 22:4; Jer 6:3).
land of Nimrod--Babylon (Mic 4:10; Ge 10:10); or, including Assyria also, to which he extended his borders (Ge 10:11).
in the entrances--the passes into Assyria (2Ki 3:21). The Margin and JEROME, misled by a needless attention to the parallelism, "with the sword," translate, "with her own naked swords"; as in Ps 55:21 the Hebrew is translated. But "in the entrances" of Assyria, answers to, "within our borders." As the Assyrians invade our borders, so shall their own borders or "entrances" be invaded.
he . . . he--Messiah shall deliver us, when the Assyrian shall come.

micah 5:6 And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver [us] from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory.

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