The Nugget:
Mic 5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
My Comment:
This passage very likely has reference to the Antichrist. In my Bible study tool, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury, I list the titles of the Antichrist as I have found them in the Bible as I prepared the over 900,000 cross references for this resource:
when the Assyrian. This is a title of the Antichrist, who will come from the same general geographical territory (Dan 11:40 note). Thus the Antichrist does not come from Rome or anywhere in Europe. +*Isa 7:14; +*Isa 7:20; Isa 8:7, 8, 9, 10; **Isa 10:12; **Isa 10:24; Isa 14:25; *Isa 30:31; **Isa 31:8; **Isa 31:9; Isa 37:31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36; Isa 65:8, 9, Jer 33:15-26, Zec 10:11, In Scripture the Antichrist is given the following titles:
(1) The Adversary, Psa 74:8, 9, 10.
(2) The Angel of the Bottomless Pit (?), Rev 9:11.
(3) The Antichrist, 1Jn 2:22.
(4) The Abomination of Desolation, Mat 24:15.
(5) The Assyrian, Mic 5:5, See also Isa 10:24; Isa 14:25; Isa 30:31; Isa 31:8.
(6) The beast, Dan 7:11, Rev 11:7; Rev 13:1.
(7) The bloody and deceitful man, Psa 5:6.
(8) The Branch of the Terrible Ones, Isa 25:5.
(9) The Desolator, Dan 9:27.
(10) The disperser, Nah 2:1 mg, literally “the hammer.”
(11) The Enemy, Psa 55:3.
(12) The extortioner, Isa 16:4.
(13) The fierce king, Isa 19:4, Compare Dan 8:23.
(14) The foolish shepherd, Zec 11:15.
(15) Gog, Eze 38:2, 3.
(16) A Grecian, Zec 9:13, Joel 3:6.
(17) The head, Psa 83:2, Hab 3:13.
(18) The Hypocrite, Job 34:30.
(19) The idol shepherd, Zec 11:17.
(20) The king, Dan 11:36.
(21) The king of Babylon, Isa 14:4, Jer 51:31.
(22) The king of fierce countenance, Dan 8:23.
(23) The king of the north, Dan 11:40.
(24) The king of Sheshach, Jer 25:26.
(25) The Lawless One, 2Th 2:8.
(26) The little horn, +Dan 7:8; +Dan 7:24, Dan 8:9; Dan 8:23.
(27) The man of the earth, Psa 10:18.
(28) The man of sin, 2Th 2:3.
(29) The mighty and strong one, Isa 28:2; Isa 10:34.
(30) The Mighty Man, Psa 52:1.
(31) The mighty one of the heathen, Eze 33:11.
(32) The Nail, Isa 22:25.
(33) The One Coming in His Own Name, Joh 5:43.
(34) The oppressor, Isa 51:13; Psa 72:4.
(35) The prince that shall come, Dan 9:26, 27.
(36) The Profane Wicked Prince of Israel, Eze 21:25, 26, 27.
(37) The son of perdition, 2Th 2:3.
(38) The spoiler, Isa 16:4, Jer 6:26.
(39) The Sun of the Morning, Isa 14:12.
(40) The Vile Person, Dan 11:21.
(41) The Violent Man, Psa 140:1.
(42) That wicked, 2Th 2:8.
(43) The wicked, Psa 9:5; Psa 9:17.
(44) The wicked counselor, Nah 1:11.
(45) The Wicked One, Psa 10:2, 3, 4.
(46) The Willful King, Dan 11:36.