New American Standard Bible 2020

Micah 5:3-15

3Therefore He will 1give them up until the time When she 2who is in labor has given birth. Then the 3remainder of His kinsmen Will return to the sons of Israel.4And He will arise and 4shepherd His flock In the strength of the Lord, In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God. And they will 5remain, Because 6at that time He will be great To the 7ends of the earth.5This One 8will be our peace. When the 9Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our 10citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of people.6They will 11shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of 12Nimrod at its entrances; And He will 13rescue us from the Assyrian When he invades our land, And when he tramples our territory.

7Then the 14remnant of Jacob Will be among many peoples Like 15dew from the Lord, Like 16showers on vegetation That do not wait for man, Or delay for 17mankind.8The remnant of Jacob Will be among the nations, Among many peoples 18Like a lion among the animals of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Which, if he passes through, 19Tramples and 20tears, And there is 21no one who can rescue.9Your hand will be 22lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be eliminated.

10“And it will be on that day,” declares the Lord, “23That I will eliminate your 24horses from among you, And destroy your chariots.11I will also eliminate the 25cities of your land, And tear down all your 26fortifications.12I will eliminate 27sorceries from your hand, And you will have no fortune-tellers.13 28I 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 29 30Asherim from among you, And destroy your cities.15And I will 31execute vengeance in anger and wrath On the nations which have not obeyed.”

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Notes

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

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