Mic 5:2, Mat 2:5-6 | ESV | STEP | But you , O Bethlehem Ephrathah , who are too little to be among the clans of Judah , from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel , whose coming forth is from of old , from ancient days .

h Ezek. 34:23; John 21:15-17; [2 Sam. 5:2; Rev. 7:17]

Micah 5:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 5:1 in Hebrew} ^bBut you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of ^cJudah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ^druler in Israel,
^ewhose coming forth is ^ffrom of old,
from ancient days.

Matthew 2:5-6

5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 ^g“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will ^hshepherd my people Israel.’”