Mic 5 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Now muster yourselves in troops , daughter of troops ; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek .

Micah 5

Birth of the King in Bethlehem

1 ^{▼▼ Ch 4:14 in Heb}“Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;
^{▼▼ Lit He has}They have laid siege against us;
With a rod they will ^csmite the judge of Israel on the cheek.
2 ^{▼▼ Ch 5:1 in Heb}“But as for ^eyou, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From ^fyou One will go forth for Me to be ^gruler in Israel.
^{▼▼ Or His appearances are from long ago, from days of old}His goings forth are ⁱfrom long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
3 Therefore He will ^jgive them up until the time
When she ^kwho is in labor has borne a child.
Then the ^lremainder of His brethren
Will return to the sons of Israel.
4 And He will arise and ^mshepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will ^{▼▼ Or live in safety}remain,
Because ^{▼▼ Lit now}at that time He will be great
To the ^pends of the earth.
5 This One ^qwill be our peace.
When the ^rAssyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our ^{▼▼ Or palaces}citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.
6 They will ^tshepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of ^uNimrod at its entrances;
And He will ^vdeliver us from the Assyrian
When he attacks our land
And when he tramples our territory.

7 Then the ^wremnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like ^xdew from the Lord,
Like ^yshowers on vegetation
Which do not wait for man
Or delay for the sons of men.
8 The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
^zLike a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
^aaTramples down and ^abtears,
And there is ^acnone to rescue.
9 Your hand will be ^adlifted up against your adversaries,
And all your enemies will be cut off.

10 “It will be in that day,” declares the Lord,
^ae“That I will cut off your ^afhorses from among you
And destroy your chariots.
11 “I will also cut off the ^agcities of your land
And tear down all your ^ahfortifications.
12 “I will cut off ^aisorceries from your hand,
And you will have fortune-tellers no more.
13 ^aj“I will cut off your carved images
And your sacred pillars from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down
To the work of your hands.
14 “I will root out your ^{▼▼ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
,} ^alAsherim from among you
And destroy your cities.
15 “And I will ^amexecute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not obeyed.”