What is Micah 5 verse 2?

Answer 1

A:The prophet Micah was active in the rural area known as the Shephelah during the later part of the eighth century and the early seventh century BCE.

Verse 5:1 portrays a siege, possibly one that may have occurred in 701 BCE.

Answer 2

Many would say it is a prophecy of the future birth of Jesus Christ:

Micah 5:2

New International Version (NIV)

2 "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

though you are small among the clans[a] of Judah,

out of you will come for me

one who will be ruler over Israel,

whose origins are from of old,

from ancient times.