Micah 5
The people of Israel will be devastated and blockaded, but a ruler will come from Bethlehem to bring peace and salvation. This ruler will be born of a woman and will stand firm in the strength of the Lord, bringing conversion to the remnant of Israel. The Assyrians will be defeated, and the remnant of Jacob will be like a lion among the nations, triumphant over their enemies. In the end, the Lord will destroy Israel's idols and fortifications, and exact vengeance on the nations that have not listened.
1Now you will be devastated, you daughter of a robber. They have placed a blockade against us, with a rod they will strike the jaw of the judge of Israel2And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the ruler in Israel, and his landing place has been set from the beginning, from the days of eternity3Because of this, he will provide for them, even until the time in which she who bears him gives birth. And the remnant of his brothers will be converted to the sons of Israel4And he will stand firm and feed on the strength of the Lord, according to the sublime name of the Lord his God. And they will be converted, for now he will be magnified, even to the ends of the earth5And this man will be our peace, when the Assyrian will come into our land, and when he will trample on our houses; and we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight principal men6And they will graze on the land of Assur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with its spears; and he will free us from Assur, when he will come into our land, and when he will trample our borders7And there will be a remnant of Jacob in the midst of many peoples, like a dew from the Lord and like drops upon the grass, which awaits no man and does not stand before the sons of men8And there will be a remnant of Jacob within the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forests, and like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, when he will pass through and trample down and seize, there is none who can rescue9Your hand will be exalted over your enemies, and all your adversaries will pass away10And it will be in that day, says the Lord: I will take away your horses from your midst, and I will utterly ruin your four-horse chariots11And I will destroy the cities of your land, and I will pull down all your fortifications,12and I will take away evil-doing from your hand, and there will be no divinations among you13And I will cause your graven images to perish, and your statues, from your midst. And you will no longer adore the works of your hands14And I will root out your sacred groves from your midst, and I will crush your cities15And I will exact vengeance, in fury and in indignation, among all the nations which have not listened
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