Micah 5:1–6

5 Now gather yourself in troops,

O daughter of troops;

He has laid siege against us;

They will astrike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

The Coming Messiah

2 “But you, bBethlehem cEphrathah,

Though you are little damong the ethousands of Judah,

Yet out of you shall come forth to Me

The One to be fRuler in Israel,

gWhose goings forth are from of old,

From 1everlasting.”

3 Therefore He shall give them up,

Until the time that hshe who is in labor has given birth;

Then ithe remnant of His brethren

Shall return to the children of Israel.

4 And He shall stand and jfeed 2His flock

In the strength of the Lord,

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

And they shall abide,

For now He kshall be great

To the ends of the earth;

5 And this One lshall be peace.

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

When the Assyrian comes into our land,

And when he treads in our palaces,

Then we will raise against him

Seven shepherds and eight princely men.

6 They shall 3waste with the sword the land of Assyria,

And the land of mNimrod at its entrances;

Thus He shall ndeliver us from the Assyrian,

When he comes into our land

And when he treads within our borders.