Micah 5

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(Mic 5:1) Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
(Mic 5:2) But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, {though} thou be little among the thousands of Judah, {yet} out of thee shall he come forth unto me {that is} to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth {have been} from of old, from everlasting.
(Mic 5:3) Therefore will he give them up, until the time {that} she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
(Mic 5:4) And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
(Mic 5:5) And this {man} shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
(Mic 5:6) And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver {us} from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
(Mic 5:7) And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
(Mic 5:8) And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
(Mic 5:9) Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
(Mic 5:10) And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
(Mic 5:11) And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
(Mic 5:12) And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no {more} soothsayers:
(Mic 5:13) Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
(Mic 5:14) And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
(Mic 5:15) And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
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