Micah 5:1 meaning and explanation

Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

Micah 5:1, Berean Standard Bible

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Micah speaks to Jerusalem, called here the daughter of troops, as Assyrian threat closes in. The command to mobilize is bitter irony: the siege is already at hand, and the city's leader, the judge of Israel, will be struck on the cheek with a rod, a public sign of humiliation and defeat.

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