| Micah 5:1 |
Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; / He has laid a siege against us. / With a rod they strike on the cheek / The Judge of Israel. |
| Micah 5:2 |
(But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, / So little to be among the thousands of Judah, / From you there will come forth to Me / He who is to be Ruler in Israel; / And His goings forth are from ancient times, / From the days of eternity.) |
| Micah 5:3 |
Therefore He will give them up until the time / When she who is in labor delivers the child; / Then the remainder of His brothers will return, / Along with the children of Israel. |
| Micah 5:4 |
And He will stand and feed [His flock] in the strength of Jehovah, / In the majesty of the name of Jehovah His God; / And they will abide, for now He will be great / Unto the ends of the earth. |
| Micah 5:5 |
And this One will be the peace. / When Assyria comes into our land / And when he treads in our palaces, / We will raise up against him seven shepherds / And eight princes of men. |
| Micah 5:6 |
And they will waste the land of Assyria with the sword / And the land of Nimrod at its entrances. / And He will save [us] from Assyria, / When he comes into our land / And when he treads in our border. |
| Micah 5:7 |
And the remnant of Jacob will be / In the midst of many peoples / Like dew from Jehovah, / Like abundant showers upon the herbage, / Which do not tarry for man / And do not wait for the sons of men. |
| Micah 5:8 |
And the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, / In the midst of many peoples, / Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, / Like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / Who, if he should pass through, tramples under / And tears up, and there is none to deliver [from him.] |
| Micah 5:9 |
Your hand will be raised up against your adversaries, / And all your enemies will be cut off. |
| Micah 5:10 |
In that day, / Declares Jehovah, / I will cut off your horses from the midst of you / And will destroy your chariots. |
| Micah 5:11 |
And I will cut off the cities of your land / And will throw down all your strongholds. |
| Micah 5:12 |
And I will cut off the sorceries from your hand, / And you will not have soothsayers. |
| Micah 5:13 |
And I will cut off your idols / And your pillars from your midst; / And you will no longer worship / The work of your hands. |
| Micah 5:14 |
And I will pluck up your Asherahs from your midst, / And I will destroy your cities. |
| Micah 5:15 |
And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath / Upon the nations that have not listened. |