Micah 5

CHAPTER 5

The Ruler Will Come from Bethlehem

¹“¹Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;

²They have laid siege against us;

With a rod they will ^astrike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

²“¹But as for ^ayou, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

Too little to be among the clans of Judah,

From ^byou One will go forth for Me to be ^cruler in Israel.

²His goings forth are ^dfrom everlasting,

From the ancient days.”

³Therefore He will ^agive them up until the time

When she ^bwho is in childbirth has borne a child.

Then the ^cremainder of His brothers

Will return to the sons of Israel.

⁴And He will stand and ^ashepherd His flock

In the strength of Yahweh,

In the majesty of the name of Yahweh His God.

And they will ¹remain

Because ²at that time He will be great

To the ^bends of the earth.

⁵And this One ^awill be peace.

When the ^bAssyrian enters our land,

When he treads on our ¹citadels,

Then we will raise against him

Seven shepherds and eight princes of men.

⁶And they will ^ashepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

The land of ^bNimrod at its entrances;

And He will ^cdeliver us from the Assyrian

When he enters our land

And when he treads within our borders.

⁷Then the ^aremnant of Jacob

Will be among many peoples

Like ^bdew from Yahweh,

Like ^cshowers on vegetation

Which do not hope for man

Or wait for the sons of men.

⁸Then the remnant of Jacob

Will be among the nations,

Among many peoples

^aLike a lion among the beasts of the forest,

Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,

Which, if it passes through,

^bTramples down and ^ctears,

And there is ^dnone to deliver.

⁹Your hand will be ^araised up against your adversaries,

And all your enemies will be cut off.

¹⁰“And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,

“^aThat I will cut off your ^bhorses from among you

And destroy your chariots.

¹¹“And I will cut off the ^acities of your land

And pull down all your ^bfortifications.

¹²“And I will cut off ^asorceries from your hand,

And you will have soothsaying no more.

¹³“^aAnd I will cut off your graven images

And your sacred pillars from among you

So that you will no longer worship

The work of your hands.

¹⁴“And I will uproot your ^1aAsherim from among you

And ²eradicate your cities.

¹⁵“And I will ^aexecute vengeance in anger and wrath

On the nations which have not ^1blistened.”