Micah 5:6 References

6 They will ashepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of bNimrod at its entrances; And He will cdeliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory.

b Genesis 10:8-11

Genesis 10

8 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord."

10 The beginning of his kingdom was aBabel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of bShinar.

11 From that land he went forth ainto Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

Other references for Micah 5:6

a Nahum 2:11-13, Zephaniah 2:13

c Isaiah 14:25, Isaiah 37:36, Isaiah 37:37