Micah
5:1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege
against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the
cheek.
5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands
of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be
ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from
everlasting.
5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth
hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto
the children of Israel.
5:4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty
of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he
be great unto the ends of the earth.
5:5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our
land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise
against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of
Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the
Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our
borders.
5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew
from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man,
nor waiteth for the sons of men.
5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of
many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion
among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down,
and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine
enemies shall be cut off.
5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut
off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy
chariots:
5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong
holds:
5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no
more soothsayers:
5:13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of
the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine
hands.
5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I
destroy thy cities.
5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as
they have not heard.
