টীকা বর্তমানে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে উপলব্ধ। বাংলা অনুবাদ চলছে।
Micah 5 — But Thou, Bethlehem Ephratah
Gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops. They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth. He shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord. And this man shall be the peace.
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.”
— Micah 5:2
- v.1-6 The ruler from Bethlehem
- v.7-15 The remnant among the nations
This man shall be the peace. Not bring peace — be it. Peace is His person, not just His product.
For the believer in any threatening era, He is the peace in the threat, not just from it.
Verse 2's precision is for skeptics and saints alike. The Ruler's town was named centuries before His birth. Trust the One whose coming was that specific.
Micah 5:2 is the prophecy the wise men were sent by. Bethlehem received the eternal ruler. The chapter's peace is His person — present with His people through every Assyrian.
The most precise of Messianic prophecies — His birthplace named seven centuries before. The scribes quoted it to Herod (Matthew 2:6).
Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. The Ruler from Bethlehem is the eternal One. The verse asserts pre-existence in plain words.