Micah 5:6-6:8

New King James Version

⁶They shall ^[a]waste with the sword the land of Assyria,
And the land of ^(A)Nimrod at its entrances;
Thus He shall ^(B)deliver us from the Assyrian,
When he comes into our land
And when he treads within our borders.

⁷Then ^(C)the remnant of Jacob
Shall be in the midst of many peoples,
^(D)Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on the grass,
That ^[b]tarry for no man
Nor ^[c]wait for the sons of men.
⁸And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a ^(E)lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And none can deliver.
⁹Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,
And all your enemies shall be ^[d]cut off.

¹⁰“And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will ^(F)cut^[e] off your ^(G)horses from your midst
And destroy your ^(H)chariots.
¹¹I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.
¹²I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no ^(I)soothsayers.
¹³^(J)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall ^(K)no more worship the work of your hands;
¹⁴I will pluck your ^[f]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.
¹⁵And I will ^(L)execute vengeance in anger and fury
On the nations that have not ^[g]heard.”

God Pleads with Israel

6 Hear now what the Lord says:

“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
²^(M)Hear, O you mountains, ^(N)the Lord’s complaint,
And you strong foundations of the earth;
For ^(O)the Lord has a complaint against His people,
And He will ^[h]contend with Israel.

³“O My people, what ^(P)have I done to you?
And how have I ^(Q)wearied you?
Testify against Me.
⁴^(R)For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
⁵O My people, remember now
What ^(S)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From ^[i]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know ^(T)the righteousness of the Lord.”

⁶With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
⁷^(U)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand ^(V)rivers of oil?
^(W)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
^[j]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸He has ^(X)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But ^(Y)to do justly,
To love ^[k]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?