Micah 5:3

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times."

Key Reflection

Micah 5:3 envisions a humble origin for the future ruler of Israel, highlighting that this leader, though born in the small town of Bethlehem, is destined to have roots stretching back to the very beginnings of God's plans. This foreshadows how Jesus, coming from a small and seemingly insignificant background, would fulfill the ancient prophecies of kingship and salvation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Therefore -Since God has so appointed both to punish and to redeem, He, God, or the Ruler “whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting,” who is God with God, “shall give them up, that is, withdraw His protection and the nearness of His Presence, “giving them up:” (1) into the hands of their enemies. And indeed the far greater part never returned from the captivity, but remained, although willingly, in the enemy’s land, outwardly shut out from the land of the promise and the hope of their fathers (as in2 Chronicles 36:17). (2) But also, all were, more than before, “given up”Acts 7:42;Romans 1:24,Romans 1:26,Romans 1:28, to follow their own ways.

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