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. 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.
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. 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 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. 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. 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. 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.
9 Thine
hand shall be lifted
up upon thine
adversaries, and all thine
enemies shall be cut
off.
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: 11 And I will cut
off the
cities of thy
land, and throw
down all thy strong
holds: 12 And I will cut
off witchcrafts out of thine
hand; and thou shalt have no more
soothsayers:
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. 14 And I will pluck
up thy
groves out of the
midst of thee: so will I
destroy thy
cities.
15 And I will
execute vengeance in
anger and
fury upon the
heathen, such as they have not
heard.