Birth of the King in Bethlehem
5 “Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;
They have laid siege against us;
With a rod they will (A)strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.
2 But as for (B)you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From (C)you One will come forth for Me to be (D)ruler in Israel.
His times of coming forth are (E)from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
3 Therefore He will (F)give them up until the time
When she (G)who is in labor has given birth.
Then the (H)remainder of His kinsmen
Will return to the sons of Israel.
4 And He will arise and (I)shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will remain,
Because at that time He will be great
To the (J)ends of the earth.
5 This One (K)will be our peace.
When the (L)Assyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight leaders of people.
6 They will (M)shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of (N)Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will (O)rescue us from the Assyrian
When he invades our land,
And when he tramples our territory.
7 Then the (P)remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like (Q)dew from the Lord,
Like (R)showers on vegetation
That do not wait for man,
Or delay for mankind.
8 The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
(S)Like a lion among the animals of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
(T)Tramples and (U)tears,
And there is (V)no one who can rescue.
9 Your hand will be (W)lifted up against your adversaries,
And all your enemies will be eliminated.
10 “And it will be on that day,” declares the Lord,
“(X)That I will eliminate your (Y)horses from among you,
And destroy your chariots.
11 I will also eliminate the (Z)cities of your land,
And tear down all your (AA)fortifications.
12 I will eliminate (AB)sorceries from your hand,
And you will have no fortune-tellers.
13 (AC)I will eliminate your carved images
And your memorial stones from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down
To the work of your hands.
14 I will uproot your (AD)Asherim from among you,
And destroy your cities.
15 And I will (AE)execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not obeyed.”
Footnotes
- Micah 5:1
- Micah 5:1
- Micah 5:2
- Micah 5:4
- Micah 5:4
- Micah 5:5
- Micah 5:7
- Micah 5:14
Cross references
- Micah 5:1 : 1 Kin 22:24; Job 16:10; Lam 3:30
- Micah 5:2 : Gen 35:19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11; Matt 2:6
- Micah 5:2 : Is 11:1; Luke 2:4; John 7:42
- Micah 5:2 : Jer 30:21; Zech 9:9
- Micah 5:2 : Ps 102:25; Prov 8:22, 23
- Micah 5:3 : Hos 11:8; Mic 4:10; 7:13
- Micah 5:3 : Mic 4:9, 10
- Micah 5:3 : Is 10:20-22; Mic 5:7, 8
- Micah 5:4 : Is 40:11; 49:9; Ezek 34:13-15, 23, 24; Mic 7:14
- Micah 5:4 : Is 45:22; 52:10
- Micah 5:5 : Is 9:6; Luke 2:14; Eph 2:14; Col 1:20
- Micah 5:5 : Is 8:7, 8; 10:24-27
- Micah 5:6 : Nah 2:11-13; Zeph 2:13
- Micah 5:6 : Gen 10:8-11
- Micah 5:6 : Is 14:25; 37:36, 37
- Micah 5:7 : Mic 2:12; 4:7; 5:3; 7:18
- Micah 5:7 : Deut 32:2; Ps 110:3; Hos 14:5
- Micah 5:7 : Ps 72:6; Is 44:3
- Micah 5:8 : Gen 49:9; Num 24:9
- Micah 5:8 : Ps 44:5; Is 41:15, 16; Mic 4:13; Zech 10:5
- Micah 5:8 : Hos 5:14
- Micah 5:8 : Ps 50:22
- Micah 5:9 : Ps 10:12; 21:8; Is 26:11
- Micah 5:10 : Zech 9:10
- Micah 5:10 : Deut 17:16; Is 2:7; Hos 14:3
- Micah 5:11 : Is 1:7; 6:11
- Micah 5:11 : Is 2:12-17; Hos 10:14; Amos 5:9
- Micah 5:12 : Deut 18:10-12; Is 2:6; 8:19
- Micah 5:13 : Is 2:18; 17:8; Ezek 6:9
- Micah 5:14 : Ex 34:13; Is 17:8; 27:9
- Micah 5:15 : Is 1:24; 65:12
