Passage Research
Micah 5 — Sermon Preparation
From the small town of Bethlehem a ruler for Israel will emerge, and he will shepherd his people and break the power of the Assyrian threat. Below is a research summary for Micah 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 172 / 110
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 16
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Micah 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קֶרֶב | qereb | H7130 | 5 | nearest, center |
| כָּרַת | kârath | H3772 | 5 | cut, destroy |
| אַשּׁוּר | ʼAshshûwr | H804 | 3 | Ashshur |
| רָעָה | râʻâh | H7462 | 3 | tend, pasture |
| דָּרַךְ | dârak | H1869 | 2 | tread, walk |
| שְׁאֵרִית | shᵉʼêrîyth | H7611 | 2 | remainder |
| בֵּית לֶחֶם | Bêyth Lechem | H1035 | 2 | Beth-Lechem |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Micah 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of the Christian church. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Micah 5:7–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Mic 5:1
- Bethlehem 1— Mic 5:2
- Assyria— Mic 5:5
- Nimrod— Mic 5:6
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