Question about Micah 5

[Turok76]

I don't know where this is in the Bible Jews use, but can somebody explain, or paraphrase, Micah 5:2 so it makes sense? I want its correct context. It starts with, "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah."

[bananabrain]

I don't know where this is in the Bible Jews use, but can somebody explain, or paraphrase, Micah 5:2 so it makes sense? I want its correct context. It starts with, "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah."

this is what the new american standard version says (from http://unbound.biola.edu)

"But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From you one will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.
His goings forth are from long ago,
From the days of eternity."

what it seems to be is a prophecy of the Moshiach. what it says to me is that the messiah will be from the tribe of judah, from bethlehem and from an unexpected, though long-awaited source. king david's family were originally from bethlehem and he himself was too young to go with his brothers to fight in king saul's army against the philistines, although as we know ultimately he got the gig of killing goliath despite his unpromising youth. what this also says to my mind is that the source of the messiah will be the same as the source of david - in other words, just as it was prophesied here and elsewhere; eventually, the guy will come and he will fulfil the prophecy. naturally, this has been coopted by christians to refer to jesus, although obviously we don't agree with that. sounds like it's a standard argument!

b'shalom

bananabrain

[mee]

Originally Posted by Turok76

I don't know where this is in the Bible Jews use, but can somebody explain, or paraphrase, Micah 5:2 so it makes sense? I want its correct context. It starts with, "But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah."

this is where Jesus came from , and his origin was from early times because he was in heaven with the Almighty before he was born on earth . .Jesus had a pre-human life in heaven with his father Jehovah God .
And you, O Beth´le·hem Eph´ra·thah, the one too little to get to be among the thousands of Judah, from you there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel, whose origin is from early times, from the days of time indefinite.

[bananabrain]

and here we have a case in point, thank you mee for telling us what the JWs think. needless to say, the jews disagree.

b'shalom

bananabrain