THE BOOK OF MICAH

Micah Chapter 5

1 ¶ Now gather yourself in troops, you people invaded by troops: we are under siege: they will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.

2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you will come one who will rule in Israel for me; whose origin is from long ago, from everlasting.

3 Therefore he will abandon Israel, until the time when she who travails has brought forth: then the rest of his brethren will return to the children of Israel.

4 And he will stand and feed his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they will live securely: for then his greatness will extend to the most distant parts of the earth, and there will be peace.

5 When the Assyrian comes into our land: and when he marches against our fortresses, then we will raise seven shepherds against him, and eight leaders of men.

6 And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with drawn swords: thus he will deliver us from the Assyrians, when they come into our land, and when they march within our borders.

7 ¶ And the rest of Jacob will be among many peoples like a dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that do not wait for man, or depend on the sons of men.

8 And the rest of Jacob will be among the Gentiles among many nations like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who tramples and tears as he goes through, and there is no one to rescue them.

9 Your hand will be raised high over your adversaries, and all your enemies will be destroyed.

10 And it will come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will remove your horses from among you, and I will destroy your chariots:

11 And I will destroy the cities of your land, and break down all your fortresses:

12 And I will bring an end to the witchcraft that you practice; and you will have no more fortune-tellers:

13 I will also destroy your graven images, and the standing images that are among you; and you will no longer worship the work of your hands.

14 And I will pull up the sacred pillars that are among you: and I will destroy your cities.

15 And I will take vengeance in furious anger on the heathen, those who refuse to listen.