Micah 5:1

God's Word

Now, gather your troops, you city of troops. We are under attack. Enemies will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Genesis 49:10

A scepter will never depart from Judah nor a ruler’s staff from between his feet until Shiloh comes and the people obey him.

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, went to Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. “How did the Lord’s Spirit leave me to talk to you?” he asked.

2 Kings 24:2

The Lord sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as the Lord had predicted through his servants the prophets.

Job 16:10

People ridiculed me with their mouths. They slapped my cheeks with contempt. They united against me.

Proverbs 8:23

I was appointed from everlasting from the first, before the earth began.

Isaiah 10:6

I send them against a godless nation. In my fury I order them against the people to take their belongings, loot them, and trample on them like mud in the streets.

Isaiah 33:22

The Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. The Lord is our savior.

Isaiah 8:9

Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen, all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle, but be terrified. Prepare for battle, but be terrified.

Isaiah 9:5

Every warrior’s boot marching to the sound of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel in the fire.

Jeremiah 25:9

so I’m going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, declares the Lord. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I’m going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has come out of its lair. A destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to destroy your land. Your cities will be ruined, and no one will live in them.

Lamentations 3:30

They should turn their cheeks to the one who strikes them and take their fill of insults.

Ezekiel 21:32

You will be fuel for the fire. You will die in the land. You will no longer be remembered. I, the Lord, have spoken.’ ”

Ezekiel 24:2

“Son of man, write down today’s date. The king of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem this very day.

Daniel 9:25

Learn, then, and understand that from the time the command is given to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the anointed prince comes, seven sets of seven time periods and sixty-two sets of seven time periods will pass. Jerusalem will be restored and rebuilt with a city square and a moat during the troubles of those times.

Joel 3:9

Announce this among the nations: Prepare yourselves for war. Wake up the warriors. Have all the warriors come near and attack.

Amos 2:3

I will take their judges away from them. I will kill all their officials at the same time. The Lord has said this.

Habakkuk 1:6

I am going to send the Babylonians, that fierce and reckless nation. They will march throughout the earth to take possession of lands that don’t belong to them.

Habakkuk 3:16

I have heard, so there’s trembling within me. At the report my lips quivered. A rotten feeling has entered me. I tremble where I stand. I wait for the day of trouble to come to the people who will attack us.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face, hit him with their fists, and some of them slapped him.

Matthew 27:30

After they had spit on him, they took the stick and kept hitting him on the head with it.

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you not to oppose an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn your other cheek to him as well.

John 18:22

When Jesus said this, one of the guards standing near Jesus slapped his face and said, “Is that how you answer the chief priest?”

John 19:3

They went up to him, said, “Long live the king of the Jews!” and slapped his face.

Acts 23:2

The chief priest Ananias ordered the men standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

2 Corinthians 11:20

When someone makes you slaves, consumes your wealth, seizes your property, orders you around, or slaps your faces, you put up with it.

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring against you a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth. The nation will swoop down on you like an eagle. It will be a nation whose language you won’t understand.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your shelter, and his everlasting arms support you. He will force your enemies out of your way and tell you to destroy them.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. (Bethlehem belongs to the family of Judah.) He was a Levite but was living in Bethlehem.