Micah 5
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- 1Now gather your troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us; they will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
- 2But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you are small among the thousands of Judah, from you shall come forth to me the one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- 3Therefore, he will give them up until the woman in labor gives birth. Then the remnant of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.
- 4He will stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they will remain, for he will be great to the ends of the earth.
- 5And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces. Then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight principal men.
- 6They will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod at its entrances. He will deliver us from the Assyrian when they come into our land and trample within our borders.
- 7The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that do not wait for man or linger for the sons of men.
- 8The remnant of Jacob will be among the Gentiles, surrounded by many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among a flock of sheep: who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces, and none can rescue.
- 9Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- 10"When that day comes," says the LORD, "I will remove your horses from among you and destroy your chariots.
- 11I will tear down the cities of your land and demolish all your fortresses.
- 12I will wipe out witchcraft from your hands, and you will have no more fortune-tellers.
- 13I will cut off your carved images and your standing images from among you; and you will no longer worship the work of your hands.
- 14I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you and destroy your cities.
- 15And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.