Mic 5:2-5 | 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 5:2-5

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.
5 And he shall be ^ltheir peace.
^mWhen the Assyrian comes into our land
and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven ⁿshepherds
and eight princes of men;