1 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us ; they shall smite the judge of Israel H3478 with a rod upon the cheek. 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth H3205 unto me that is to be ruler in Israel H3478 ; whose goings forth H3205 are from of old , from everlasting. 3 Therefore H6258 will he give them up , until the time that she who travaileth hath brought H1431 forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 And he shall stand H6965 , and shall feed H7462 his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be וְהָיָ֥ה ve.ha.Yah H1961 great unto the ends of the earth H776 . 5 And this man shall be our peace. When the Assyrian shall come H935 into our land H776 , and when he shall tread H1869 in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds H7462 , 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: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land , and when he treadeth within our border . 7 And the remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290 shall be H1961 in the midst H7130 of many H7227 peoples H5971 as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man , nor wait for the sons of men . 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who , if he go through , treadeth down H3772 and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver. 9 Let thy hand be וְהָיָ֤ה ve.ha.Yah H1961 lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be H1961 cut H3772 off . 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut H3772 off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots: 11 and I will cut H3772 off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds. 12 And I will cut H3772 off witchcrafts out of thy hand H3027 ; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: 13 and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst H7130 of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands; 14 and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities. 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not. ← Micah 4 Micah 6 → American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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