Micah 5:1–15

The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem

5¹ Now muster your troops, O daughter² of troops;

siege is laid against us;

with a rod ^pthey strike the judge of Israel

on the cheek.

^{23 q}But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

who are too little to be among the clans of ^rJudah,

from you shall come forth for me

one who is to be ^sruler in Israel,

^twhose coming forth is ^ufrom of old,

from ancient days.

³Therefore he shall give them up ^vuntil the time

when she who is in labor has given birth;

then ^wthe rest of his brothers shall return

to the people of Israel.

⁴And he shall stand ^xand shepherd his flock ^yin the strength of the Lord,

in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.

And they shall dwell secure, for now ^zhe shall be great

to the ends of the earth.

⁵And he shall be ^atheir peace.

^bWhen the Assyrian comes into our land

and treads in our palaces,

then we will raise against him seven ^cshepherds

and eight princes of men;

⁶they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

and the land of ^dNimrod at its entrances;

and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian

^bwhen he comes into our land

and treads within our border.

A Remnant Shall Be Delivered

⁷Then ^wthe remnant of Jacob shall be

in the midst of many peoples

like dew from the Lord,

like showers on the grass,

which delay not for a man

nor wait for the children of man.

⁸And ^wthe remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,

in the midst of many peoples,

like a lion among the beasts of the forest,

like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,

^ewhich, when it goes through, treads down

and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

⁹Your hand shall ^fbe lifted up over your adversaries,

and all your enemies shall be cut off.

¹⁰And ^gin that day, declares the Lord,

^hI will cut off your horses from among you

and will destroy your chariots;

¹¹ⁱand I will cut off the cities of your land

and throw down all your strongholds;

¹²and I will cut off ^jsorceries from your hand,

and ^kyou shall have no more tellers of fortunes;

¹³and ^lI will cut off your carved images

and ^myour pillars from among you,

ⁿand you shall bow down no more

to the work of your hands;

¹⁴and I will root out your ^oAsherah images from among you

ⁱand destroy your cities.

¹⁵And in anger and wrath ^pI will execute vengeance

on the nations that did not obey.