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弥迦书 5

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1 成群的民(原文是女子)哪,现在你要聚集成队;因为仇敌围攻我们,要用杖击打以色列审判者的脸。

2 伯利恒以法他啊,你在犹大诸城中为小,将来必有一位从你那里出来,在以色列中为我作掌权的;他的根源从亘古,从太初就有。

3 耶和华必将以色列人交付敌人,直等那生产的妇人生下子来。那时掌权者(原文是他)其馀的弟兄必归到以色列人那里。

4 他必起来,倚靠耶和华的大能,并耶和华─他之名的威严,牧养他的羊群。他们要安然居住;因为他必日见尊大,直到极。

5 这位必作我们的平安。当亚述人进入我们的境,践踏宫殿的时候,我们就立起个牧者,个首领攻击他。

6 他们必用刀毁坏亚述和宁录的关口。亚述人进入我们境践踏的时候,他必拯救我们

7 雅各馀剩的必在多国的民中,如从耶和华那里降下的水,又如甘霖降在上;不仗赖力,也不等候世之功。

8 雅各馀剩的人必在多国多民中,如林间百中的狮子,又如少壮狮子羊群中。他若经过就必践踏撕裂,无人搭

9 愿你的举起,敌人!愿你的仇敌都被剪除!

10 耶和华:到那日,我必从你中间剪除马匹,毁坏车辆,

11 也必从你国中除灭城邑,拆毁一切的保障,

12 又必除掉你中的邪术;你那里也不再有占卜的。

13 我必从你中间除灭雕刻的偶像和柱像,你就不再跪拜自己所造的。

14 我必从你中间拔出木偶,又毁灭你的城邑。

15 我也必在怒气和忿怒中向那不从的列国施报。

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Micah 5

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff

In Micah 5:1, a troop means the good that comes from truth. But... what is a good that comes from truth? Here's a mundane example: you know that it's true that it's safer to buckle your seat belt, so you do it; it's a good action that comes from knowing a truth.

In this verse, a daughter means affection, so it's talking about an affection for doing such good actions. A siege against that would be bad ideas trying to get in, and to smite on the jaw with a rod means to destroy falsities. The prophecy in verse 2 has this in mind. This is what Jesus is being born to do, to lift the siege of false ideas.

In Micah 5:2, we find the familiar prophecy about where the Lord will be born.

Then, in Micah 5:3, 4, there's reference to the Lord gathering the people of His church and teaching them. The term used for the people of the church here is "brothers", as they all address the Lord as Father. The same is true of “the sons of Israel”. "She which travails" is a reference to the woman clothed with the sun spoken of in the book of Revelation.

In Micah 5:5, 6, Assyria means reasoning. Reasoning from the truths taught, as meant by the feeding in verse 4, can bring agreement and peace. But reasoning from the falsity that Assyria brings in must be destroyed. The seven shepherds and eight princely men means a total deliverance from their falsity. Seven means something holy, and eight means complete conjunction.

In Micah 5:7, some of the people left behind were good and had stayed apart from the idolatry of the Israelite kingdom. These remnants could come to the new church the Lord was establishing, where they could be saved. But the vast bulk of the people were led away to captivity not only to physical slavery, but - spiritually - to reasoning from falsity, which becomes a form of slavery, too.

Micah 5:8. The lion and young lion, trampling and tearing are the evil and falsity of the kingdom of Judah, and there will be no support there for the church the Lord will establish.

Micah 5:9. The Lord’s church will win.

Micah 5:10-15. The Lord will establish a new church when He "bows the heavens and comes down" but He will not destroy the physical things that are listed here. It will really be a desrtuction caused by people who operate from selfishness, greed, ignorance, indifference, and love of power.

Horses mean someone’s understanding, and chariots their own false doctrine. Cities mean more general doctrine, and fortresses symbolize their strong opinions. Graven images are idols, i.e. false gods.

The Lord’s anger and vengeance are only appearances in people's imaginations. It's the way they feel when they want what is evil. When evil loves conflict, everyone is going to get angry with everyone else. The Lord would greet them with love if only they would mend their ways.

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Micah 5:1

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1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.