Micah 5:8-15
New King James Version
8 And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a (A)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.
9 Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,
And all your enemies shall be [a]cut off.
10 “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will (B)cut[b] off your (C)horses from your midst
And destroy your (D)chariots.
11 I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.
12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no (E)soothsayers.
13 (F)Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall (G)no more worship the work of your hands;
14 I will pluck your [c]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.
15 And I will (H)execute vengeance in anger and fury
On the nations that have not [d]heard.”
Footnotes
- Micah 5:9 destroyed
- Micah 5:10 destroy
- Micah 5:14 Heb. Asherim, Canaanite deities
- Micah 5:15 obeyed
Micah 5:8-15
English Standard Version
8 And (A)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,
(B)which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
9 Your hand shall (C)be lifted up over your adversaries,
and all your enemies shall be cut off.
10 And (D)in that day, declares the Lord,
(E)I will cut off your horses from among you
and will destroy your chariots;
11 (F)and I will cut off the cities of your land
and throw down all your strongholds;
12 and I will cut off (G)sorceries from your hand,
and (H)you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;
13 and (I)I will cut off your carved images
and (J)your pillars from among you,
(K)and you shall bow down no more
to the work of your hands;
14 and I will root out your (L)Asherah images from among you
(M)and destroy your cities.
15 And in anger and wrath (N)I will execute vengeance
on the nations that did not obey.
Micah 5:8-15
New American Standard Bible
8 The remnant of Jacob
Will be among the nations,
Among many peoples
(A)Like a lion among the animals of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Which, if he passes through,
(B)Tramples and (C)tears,
And there is (D)no one who can rescue.
9 Your hand will be (E)lifted up against your adversaries,
And all your enemies will be eliminated.
10 “And it will be on that day,” declares the Lord,
“(F)That I will eliminate your (G)horses from among you,
And destroy your chariots.
11 I will also eliminate the (H)cities of your land,
And tear down all your (I)fortifications.
12 I will eliminate (J)sorceries from your hand,
And you will have no fortune-tellers.
13 (K)I will eliminate your carved images
And your memorial stones from among you,
So that you will no longer bow down
To the work of your hands.
14 I will uproot your [a](L)Asherim from among you,
And destroy your cities.
15 And I will (M)execute vengeance in anger and wrath
On the nations which have not obeyed.”
Footnotes
- Micah 5:14 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
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