Micah 5:6
And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword,
What it says
God's people will rule over Assyria's land with the sword and be delivered from its oppression.
What it is doing
This verse presents deliverance from imperial menace under divinely supplied leadership.
In context
1Now, O daughter of troops, 2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, 3Therefore Israel will be abandoned 4He will stand and shepherd His flock 5And He will be our peace 6And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword,