Micah 5

5Now ^agather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops:

He hath laid ^bsiege against us:

^cThey shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod ^cupon the cheek.

^2dBut thou, ^eBeth-lehem Ephratah,

Though thou be little among ^fthe thousands of ^gJudah,

Yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ^hruler in Israel;

Whose ⁱgoings forth have been ^kfrom of old, ^kfrom ^†everlasting.

³Therefore will he give them up,

Until the time that ^lshe which travaileth hath brought forth:

Then ^mthe remnant of his brethren ⁿshall return unto the children of Israel.

⁴And ^khe shall stand and ^||ofeed in the strength of the Lord,

In the majesty of the name of the Lord his God;

And they shall abide:

For now ^pqshall he be great unto ^rthe ends of the earth.

⁵And ^psthis man shall be the peace,

^tWhen the Assyrian shall come into our land:

And when he shall tread in our palaces,

Then shall ^uwe raise against him ^vseven ^wxshepherds,

And ^veight ^†wprincipal men.

⁶And they shall ^†waste the land of Assyria with the sword,

And the land of ^zNimrod ^||in the entrances thereof:

Thus ^ashall he deliver us from the Assyrian,

^bWhen he cometh into our land,

^bAnd when he treadeth within our borders.

⁷And ^cthe remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people

^deAs a dew from the Lord,

^dfAs the showers upon the grass,

That tarrieth not for man,

Nor waiteth for the sons of men.

⁸And ^cthe remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people

^gAs a lion among the beasts of the forest,

^gAs a young lion among the flocks of ^||sheep:

Who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces,

^hAnd none can deliver.

⁹ⁱThine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries,

And all thine enemies shall be cut off.

¹⁰And it shall come to pass ^kin that day, saith the Lord,

^lThat I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee,

And I will destroy ^lthy chariots:

¹¹And ^mI will cut off the cities of thy land,

And ^mthrow down all thy strong holds:

¹²And I will cut off ⁿwitchcrafts out of thine hand;

And thou shalt have no more ^osoothsayers:

¹³Thy graven images also ^pwill I cut off,

And thy ^||qstanding images out of the midst of thee;

And ^rthou shalt no more ^sworship the work of thine hands.

¹⁴And I will pluck up thy ^tgroves out of the midst of thee:

^mSo will I destroy thy ^||ucities.

¹⁵And ^vI will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,

Such as they have not heard.