Micah 5:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ And they shall shepherd the land of Ashshur with the sword, and the land of Nimroḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And they shall rule and waste the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod within her [Assyria's own] gates. Thus shall He [the Messiah] deliver us from the Assyrian [representing the opposing powers] when he comes into our land and when he treads on our borders.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword. He will rescue us from Assyria when he invades our land and treads within our territory.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And they will graze on the land of Assur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with its spears; and he will free us from Assur, when he will come into our land, and when he will trample our borders.

Micah 5:6 Cross References

2 Kings 15:29

In the days of Peqaḥ

1 Chronicles 1:10

And Kush brought forth Nimroḏ

2 Chronicles 33:11

Therefore יהוה  brought upon them the commanders of the army of the sovereign of Ashshur, who captured Menashsheh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and made him go to Baḇ

Job 29:22

After my words they did not speak again, and my speech settled on them.

Psalm 110:3

Your people volunteer in the day of Your might, In the splendours of set-apartness! From the womb, from the morning, You have the dew of Your youth!

Psalm 72:6

Let Him come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers, watering the earth.

Isaiah 14:2

And peoples shall take them and bring them to their own place. And the house of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 14:25

“To break Ashshur in My land, and tread him down on My mountains. And his yoke shall be removed from them, and his burden removed from their shoulders.

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to you ravager, while you have not been ravaged, and you treacherous, while they have not betrayed you! When you have ceased ravaging, you shall be ravaged. And when you stop betraying, they shall betray you.

Isaiah 37:36

And a messenger of יהוה  went out, and killed in the camp of Ashshur one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose early in the morning, and saw all of them, dead bodies.

Isaiah 37:37

And Sanḥ

Isaiah 6:13

“But still, there is a tenth part in it, and it shall again be for a burning, like a terebinth tree and like an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. The set-apart seed is its stump!”

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there among the worthless idols of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O יהוה  our Elohim? And we wait for You, for You are the One who does all this.

Nahum 2:11

Where is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, the lioness and the lion’s cub walked, with no one to disturb them?

Zephaniah 2:13

And He shall stretch out His hand against the north, and destroy Ashshur, and make Ninewĕ

Zephaniah 3:12

“But I shall leave in your midst an oppressed and poor people, and they shall trust in the Name of יהוה.

Luke 1:71

deliverance from our enemies and from the hand of all those hating us,

Luke 1:74

to give to us, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, to serve Him without fear,

Luke 24:27

And beginning at Mosheh and all the Prophets, He was explaining to them in all the Scriptures the matters concerning Himself.

Deuteronomy 32:2

“Let my instruction fall as rain, My speech drop down as dew, As fine rain on the tender plants, And as showers on the grass.