Micah 5:1 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Micah 5:1 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.

Micah 5:2 (And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)

Micah 5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travaileth shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "And thou Bethlehem Ephratah little to be...", so "gather" and "thyself" 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 "gather" and "thyself" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.