“1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid
siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon
the cheek. 2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among
the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me
[that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of
old, from everlasting. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time
[that] she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his
brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4 And he shall stand
and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the
LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the
ends of the earth. 5 And this [man] shall be the peace, when the
Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our
palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight
principal men. 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the
sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he
deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when
he treadeth within our borders.”
“7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a
dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for
man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall
be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the
beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if
he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can
deliver. 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all
thine enemies shall be cut off. 10 And it shall come to pass in that
day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of
thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: 11 And I will cut off the cities
of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: 12 And I will cut off
witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no [more]
soothsayers: 13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing
images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work
of thine hands. 14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of
thee: so will I destroy thy cities. 15 And I will execute vengeance in
anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.” (Micah
5:1-15 AV)