Charles Ellicott Commentary Micah 5:6

"And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border." — Micah 5:6 (ASV)

They shall waste. —Literally, feed upon, consume, devour. The Land of Nimrod represents the opposing world-power.