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Micah 5:2-9

2Butthou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art littletobeamongthethousandsofJudah,outoftheeshallonecomeforthH3205untomethatistoberulerinIsraelH3478;whosegoingsforthH3205arefromofold,fromeverlasting.

3ThereforeH6258willhegivethemup,untilthetimethatshewhotravaileth hathbroughtH1431forth:thentheresidueofhisbrethrenshallreturn untothechildrenofIsrael.

4AndheshallstandH6965,andshallfeedH7462hisflockinthestrengthofJehovah,inthemajestyofthenameofJehovahhisGod:andtheyshallabide;fornowshallhebeוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961great untotheendsoftheearthH776.

5Andthismanshallbeourpeace.WhentheAssyrianshallcomeH935intoourlandH776,andwhenheshalltreadH1869inourpalaces,thenshallweraiseagainsthimsevenshepherdsH7462,andeight principal men.

6AndtheyshallwastethelandofAssyriawiththesword,andthelandofNimrodintheentrances thereof:andheshalldeliverusfromtheAssyrian,whenhecomethintoourland,andwhenhetreadethwithinourborder.

7AndtheremnantH7611ofJacobH3290shallbeH1961inthemidstH7130ofmanyH7227peoplesH5971asdewfromJehovah,asshowersuponthegrass,thattarrynotforman,norwaitforthesonsofmen.

8AndtheremnantofJacobshallbeamongthenations,inthemidstofmany peoples,asalionamongthebeastsoftheforest,asayoung lionamongtheflocksofsheep;who, ifhegothrough, treadethdownH3772andtearethinpieces,andthereisnonetodeliver.

9Letthy handbeוְהָיָ֤הve.ha.YahH1961liftedupabove thine adversaries,andletallthine enemiesbeH1961cutH3772off.

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