Micah 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now gather thyself in troops, namely, in order to resist the enemy, O daughter of troops, Jerusalem herself being so designated as the type of the Church Militant; he hath laid siege against us, rather, impersonal, "siege is laid against us," by the enemies which never rest; they shall smite the judge of Israel, the ruler of the people, with a rod upon the cheek, for the Messianic period was preceded by Judah's deepest humiliation, when all the former glory was taken away from the nation. But at this time of the deepest humiliation of the Lord's people the greatest glory of all would come upon it.