Micah 5:1 (ASV)

Passage

Now shalt thou 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.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:1 Now shalt thou 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.

Micah 5:2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

Micah 5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shalt", "thou", "gather", "thyself", "troops", "daughter", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shalt" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "But thou Beth-lehem Ephrathah which art little...", so "shalt" and "thou" should be read forward into that movement. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shalt" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.