Micah 5:5

He will give us peace. ¹  Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, ²  we will send ³  against them seven ⁴  shepherd-rulers, ⁵  make that eight commanders. ⁶ 

Job 5:19; Ps 72:7; Pr 6:16; Pr 30:18,29; Ec 11:2; Isa 7:14; Isa 8:7-10; Isa 9:6,7; Isa 37:31-36; Isa 44:28; Isa 59:19; Isa 65:8; Jer 33:15; Am 1:3,6; Zec 1:18-21; Zec 9:10; Zec 9:13; Zec 10:3; Zec 12:6; Lu 2:14; Joh 14:27; Joh 16:33; Eph 2:14-17; Col 1:20,21; Re 17:14; Re 19:14

¹ tn Heb “and this one will be peace”; ASV “and this man shall be our peace” (cf. Eph 2:14).

² tc Some prefer to read “in our land,” emending the text to בְּאַדְמָתֵנוּ (bÿ’admatenu).

³ tn Heb “raise up.”

⁴ sn The numbers seven and eight here symbolize completeness and emphasize that Israel will have more than enough military leadership and strength to withstand the Assyrian advance.

⁵ tn Heb “shepherds.”

⁶ tn Heb “and eight leaders of men.”