Micah 5:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

In the entrances thereof

Isaiah 14:25

Luke 1:71

The assyrian

General references

1 Chronicles 1:10

Bible References

In the entrances thereof

I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us.

The assyrian

During Pekah's reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people to Assyria.

King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute.

In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it.

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: "He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

General references

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.