Mic 5:2-4, 7:20, Zec 9:9, 13:7, Mal 3:1-3, 4:2, Joh 1:45, Act 3:24 | 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 .

Micah 5:2-4

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.
3 Therefore he shall give them up ^guntil the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then ^hthe rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.
4 And he shall stand ⁱand shepherd his flock ^jin the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now ^khe shall be great
to the ends of the earth.

Micah 7:20

20 ^lYou will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
^mas you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.

Zechariah 9:9

The Coming King of Zion

9 ⁿRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
^oBehold, ^pyour king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
^qhumble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Zechariah 13:7

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^rmy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^s“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Malachi 3:1-3

1 ^t“Behold, I send ^umy messenger, and ^vhe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^wwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^xthe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But ^ywho can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For ^zhe is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. 3 He will sit ^aaas a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring ^abofferings in righteousness to the Lord. ^{▼▼Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness}

Malachi 4:2

2 But for you ^adwho fear my name, ^aethe sun ^afof righteousness shall rise ^agwith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^ahleaping like calves from the stall.

John 1:45

45 Philip found ^aiNathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ^ajMoses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ^akof Nazareth, ^althe son of Joseph.”

Acts 3:24

24 And ^amall the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.