Miquéias 5

The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem

1 * 5:1 Ch 4:14 in Hebrew Now muster your troops, O daughter*5:1 That is, city of troops;

siege is laid against us;

with a rod *See 1 Kgs. 22:24they strike the judge of Israel

on the cheek.

2 * 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew *Cited Matt. 2:6;[John 7:42] But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,

who are too little to be among the clans of *[Heb. 7:14] Judah,

from you shall come forth for me

one who is to be *[Gen. 49:10;Isa. 9:6,7;Jer. 30:21;Zech. 9:9] ruler in Israel,

*Hos. 6:3whose coming forth is *Ps. 90:2;[Prov. 8:22,23;John 1:1]from of old,

from ancient days.

3 Therefore he shall give them up *[ch. 4:9,10] until the time

when she who is in labor has given birth;

then *[ch. 4:7]the rest of his brothers shall return

to the people of Israel.

4 And he shall stand *Isa. 40:11;[ch. 7:14] and shepherd his flock *See Isa. 11:3-5in the strength of the Lord,

in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.

And they shall dwell secure, for now *Ps. 72:8;Isa. 52:13;Luke 1:32he shall be great

to the ends of the earth.

5 And he shall be *[Isa. 9:6;Zech. 9:10;Eph. 2:14] their peace.

*[2 Kgs. 18:13] When the Assyrian comes into our land

and treads in our palaces,

then we will raise against him seven *[Isa. 3:2,3]shepherds

and eight princes of men;

6 they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,

and the land of *Gen. 10:8,10,11Nimrod at its entrances;

and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian

*[See ver. 5above]when he comes into our land

and treads within our border.

A Remnant Shall Be Delivered

7 Then *[See ver. 3above]the remnant of Jacob shall be

in the midst of many peoples

like dew from the Lord,

like showers on the grass,

which delay not for a man

nor wait for the children of man.

8 And *[See ver. 3above] the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,

in the midst of many peoples,

like a lion among the beasts of the forest,

like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,

*[Hos. 5:14]which, when it goes through, treads down

and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

9 Your hand shall *Isa. 26:11be lifted up over your adversaries,

and all your enemies shall be cut off.

10 And *[ch. 4:1,6] in that day, declares the Lord,

*Zech. 9:10;[Isa. 2:7;Hag. 2:22]I will cut off your horses from among you

and will destroy your chariots;

11 *ver. 14;Isa. 17:9;27:10;[Hos. 8:14;Zech. 2:4]and I will cut off the cities of your land

and throw down all your strongholds;

12 and I will cut off *[2 Kgs. 9:22] sorceries from your hand,

and *Deut. 18:10;[Isa. 2:6]you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;

13 and *Zech. 13:2I will cut off your carved images

and *Hos. 3:4your pillars from among you,

*[Isa. 17:8]and you shall bow down no more

to the work of your hands;

14 and I will root out your *Ex. 34:13;See Deut. 16:21Asherah images from among you

*[See ver. 11above]and destroy your cities.

15 And in anger and wrath *[ver. 8; Ps. 149:7;2 Thess. 1:8]I will execute vengeance

on the nations that did not obey.