Micah 5: The Ruined Scepter, the Smallest Clan, and the Divine Council
If you were to stand upon the limestone watchtowers of Jerusalem in the late eighth century B.C., the horizon would offer no comfort—only the terrifying, dust-choked advance of the Neo-Assyrian war machine. Judah’s political elite had placed their ultimate security in high-walled urban fortifications, cunning diplomatic alliances with Egypt, and a formidable arsenal of warhorses and chariots. Yet, the prophet Micah exposes the utter vanity of this human confidence through a staggering image of royal humiliation: the reigning Davidic monarch is struck on the cheek with a rod, the ultimate…
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