The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Micah 05
1 Now you shall gather yourself in troops,
daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us.
They will strike the judge ofIsrael with
a rod on the cheek.
2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
being small among the clans of Judah,
out of youone will come outto me who
is to be ruler in Israel;
whose goings out are from of old,from
ancient times.
3 Therefore he will abandon them until the
time that she who is in labor gives
birth. Then the rest of his brothers
will return to the children of Israel.
4 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the
strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh
his God. They will live, for then he will be great
to the ends of the earth.
5 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land
and when he marches through our fortresses,
then we will raise against him seven
shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
6 They will rule the land of Assyria with the
sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates.
He will deliver us from the Assyrian,
when he invades our land, and when he
marches within our border.
7 The remnant of Jacob will be among
many peoples like dew from Yahweh,
like showers on the grass,
that don’t wait for man
nor wait for the sons of men.
8 The remnant of Jacob will be among the
nations, among many peoples, like a lion
among the animals of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of
sheep who, if he goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
9 Let your hand be lifted up above your
adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.
10 “It will happen in that day”, says Yahweh,
“that I will cut off your horses from
among you and will destroy your chariots.
11 I will cut off the cities of your land
and will tear down all your strongholds.
12 I will destroy witchcraftfrom your hand.
You shall have no soothsayers.
13 I will cut off your engraved images and
your pillars from among you;
and you shall no more worship the
work of your hands.
14 I will uproot your Asherah poles from
among you; and I will destroy your cities.
15 I will execute vengeance in anger
and wrath on the nations that didn’t
listen.”