New American Standard Bible 2020

Micah 5

Birth of the King in Bethlehem

1“1Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; 2They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will 3strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.2 4But as for 5you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From 6you One will come forth for Me to be 7ruler in Israel. His times of coming forth are 8from long ago, From the days of eternity.”3Therefore He will 9give them up until the time When she 10who is in labor has given birth. Then the 11remainder of His kinsmen Will return to the sons of Israel.4And He will arise and 12shepherd His flock In the strength of the Lord, In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God. And they will 13remain, Because 14at that time He will be great To the 15ends of the earth.5This One 16will be our peace. When the 17Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our 18citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of people.6They will 19shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of 20Nimrod at its entrances; And He will 21rescue us from the Assyrian When he invades our land, And when he tramples our territory.

7Then the 22remnant of Jacob Will be among many peoples Like 23dew from the Lord, Like 24showers on vegetation That do not wait for man, Or delay for 25mankind.8The remnant of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples 26Like a lion among the animals of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, 27Tramples and 28tears, And there is 29no one who can rescue.9Your hand will be 30lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be eliminated.

10“And it will be on that day,” declares the Lord, “31That I will eliminate your 32horses from among you, And destroy your chariots.11I will also eliminate the 33cities of your land, And tear down all your 34fortifications.12I will eliminate 35sorceries from your hand, And you will have no fortune-tellers.13 36I 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.14I will uproot your 37 38Asherim from among you, And destroy your cities.15And I will 39execute vengeance in anger and wrath On the nations which have not obeyed.”

Notes

1. Micah 5:1 Ch 4:14 in Heb ↩
2. Micah 5:1 Lit He has ↩
3. Micah 5:1 1 Kin 22:24; Job 16:10; Lam 3:30 ↩
4. Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Heb ↩
5. Micah 5:2 Gen 35:19; 48:7; Ruth 4:11; Matt 2:6 ↩
6. Micah 5:2 Is 11:1; Luke 2:4; John 7:42 ↩
7. Micah 5:2 Jer 30:21; Zech 9:9 ↩
8. Micah 5:2 Ps 102:25; Prov 8:22, 23 ↩
9. Micah 5:3 Hos 11:8; Mic 4:10; 7:13 ↩
10. Micah 5:3 Mic 4:9, 10 ↩
11. Micah 5:3 Is 10:20-22; Mic 5:7, 8 ↩
12. Micah 5:4 Is 40:11; 49:9; Ezek 34:13-15, 23, 24; Mic 7:14 ↩
13. Micah 5:4 Or live in safety ↩
14. Micah 5:4 Lit now ↩
15. Micah 5:4 Is 45:22; 52:10 ↩
16. Micah 5:5 Is 9:6; Luke 2:14; Eph 2:14; Col 1:20 ↩
17. Micah 5:5 Is 8:7, 8; 10:24-27 ↩
18. Micah 5:5 Or palaces ↩
19. Micah 5:6 Nah 2:11-13; Zeph 2:13 ↩
20. Micah 5:6 Gen 10:8-11 ↩
21. Micah 5:6 Is 14:25; 37:36, 37 ↩
22. Micah 5:7 Mic 2:12; 4:7; 5:3; 7:18 ↩
23. Micah 5:7 Deut 32:2; Ps 110:3; Hos 14:5 ↩
24. Micah 5:7 Ps 72:6; Is 44:3 ↩
25. Micah 5:7 Lit sons of mankind ↩
26. Micah 5:8 Gen 49:9; Num 24:9 ↩
27. Micah 5:8 Ps 44:5; Is 41:15, 16; Mic 4:13; Zech 10:5 ↩
28. Micah 5:8 Hos 5:14 ↩
29. Micah 5:8 Ps 50:22 ↩
30. Micah 5:9 Ps 10:12; 21:8; Is 26:11 ↩
31. Micah 5:10 Zech 9:10 ↩
32. Micah 5:10 Deut 17:16; Is 2:7; Hos 14:3 ↩
33. Micah 5:11 Is 1:7; 6:11 ↩
34. Micah 5:11 Is 2:12-17; Hos 10:14; Amos 5:9 ↩
35. Micah 5:12 Deut 18:10-12; Is 2:6; 8:19 ↩
36. Micah 5:13 Is 2:18; 17:8; Ezek 6:9 ↩
37. Micah 5:14 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah) ↩
38. Micah 5:14 Ex 34:13; Is 17:8; 27:9 ↩
39. Micah 5:15 Is 1:24; 65:12 ↩

Birth of the King in Bethlehem

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