Micah 5:1
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5:1 (4:14)1But now slash yourself,2 daughter surrounded by soldiers!3
We are besieged!
With a scepter4 they strike Israel’s ruler5
on the side of his face.
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- 1 Beginning with 5:1, the verse numbers through 5:15 in the English Bible differ by one from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (), with 5:1 = 4:14 , 5:2 = 5:1 , 5:3 = 5:2 , etc., through 5:15 = 5:14 . From 6:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.
- 2 The Hebrew verb גָדַד (gadad) can be translated “slash yourself” or “gather in troops.” A number of English translations are based on the latter meaning (e.g., , , ). Slash yourself. Slashing one’s body was a form of mourning. See Deut 14:1; 1 Kgs 18:28; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 47:5.
- 3 Heb “daughter of a troop of warriors.” The daughter surrounded by soldiers is an image of the city of Jerusalem under siege (note the address “Daughter Jerusalem” in 4:8).
- 4 Or “staff”; , , , , , “rod”; “stick”; “club.” Striking a king with a scepter, a symbol of rulership, would be especially ironic and humiliating.
- 5 Traditionally, “the judge of Israel” (so , ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops;
siege is laid against us;
with a rod they strike the judge of Israel
on the cheek.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Marshal your troops now, city of troops,
for a siege is laid against us.
They will strike Israel’s ruler
on the cheek with a rod.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Now, daughter who is under attack,
you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.
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NLTNew 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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Now muster troops, O daughter of troops;
a siege he puts against us.
They strike the ruler of Israel
with a rod on the cheek.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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