Read Micah 5
Background: In our reading yesterday, we found that Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah was sure. They were going down the same path as Israel had, and were bent on continuing that way. But Micah also gave words of future hope. That hope is further extended in this well-known chapter and a promise we read every Advent season:
Key Verses:
2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.
4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.
5 And he shall be their peace.
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.
3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.
4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.
5 And he shall be their peace.
Thoughts: A great Ruler and Shepherd was going to come. His greatness would not just be in that area, but to the ends of the earth. Micah then returns to talk about the more immediate future. The Assyrians would try repeatedly to capture Judah, but never succeed. But after Assyria an empire would come which would scatter them across the world. This too would end when a Remnant returned, and God judged the nations that proudly had harassed them and refused to obey Him.
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