Micah 5:1

New Living Translation

Mobilize! Marshal your troops! The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem. They will strike Israel’s leader in the face with a rod.

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

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

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.

2 Kings 24:2

Then the Lord sent bands of Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the Lord had promised through his prophets.

Job 16:10

People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.

Proverbs 8:23

I was appointed in ages past, at the very first, before the earth began.

Isaiah 10:6

I am sending Assyria against a godless nation, against a people with whom I am angry. Assyria will plunder them, trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, our lawgiver, and our king. He will care for us and save us.

Isaiah 8:9

“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!

Isaiah 9:5

The boots of the warrior and the uniforms bloodstained by war will all be burned. They will be fuel for the fire.

Jeremiah 25:9

I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion stalks from its den, a destroyer of nations. It has left its lair and is headed your way. It’s going to devastate your land! Your towns will lie in ruins, with no one living in them anymore.

Lamentations 3:30

Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them and accept the insults of their enemies.

Ezekiel 21:32

You will be fuel for the fire, and your blood will be spilled in your own land. You will be utterly wiped out, your memory lost to history, for I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 24:2

“Son of man, write down today’s date, because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:25

Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.

Joel 3:9

Say to the nations far and wide: “Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors. Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.

Amos 2:3

And I will destroy their king and slaughter all their princes,” says the Lord.

Habakkuk 1:6

I am raising up the Babylonians, a cruel and violent people. They will march across the world and conquer other lands.

Habakkuk 3:16

I trembled inside when I heard this; my lips quivered with fear. My legs gave way beneath me, and I shook in terror. I will wait quietly for the coming day when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

Matthew 26:67

Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,

Matthew 27:30

And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.

Matthew 5:39

But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.

John 18:22

Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded.

John 19:3

“Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.

Acts 23:2

Instantly Ananias the high priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth.

2 Corinthians 11:20

You put up with it when someone enslaves you, takes everything you have, takes advantage of you, takes control of everything, and slaps you in the face.

Deuteronomy 28:49

“The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand,

Deuteronomy 33:27

The eternal God is your refuge, and his everlasting arms are under you. He drives out the enemy before you; he cries out, ‘Destroy them!’

Judges 17:7

One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area.