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[a]Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
    The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
They will strike Israel’s leader
    in the face with a rod.

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  1. 5:1 Verse 5:1 is numbered 4:14 in Hebrew text.

A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem

[a]Marshal your troops now, city of troops,
    for a siege is laid against us.
They will strike Israel’s ruler
    on the cheek(A) with a rod.

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  1. Micah 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.

30 Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
    and accept the insults of their enemies.

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30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,(A)
    and let him be filled with disgrace.(B)

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22 For the Lord is our judge,
    our lawgiver, and our king.
    He will care for us and save us.

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22 For the Lord is our judge,(A)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,(B)
the Lord is our king;(C)
    it is he who will save(D) us.

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10 People jeer and laugh at me.
    They slap my cheek in contempt.
    A mob gathers against me.

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10 People open their mouths(A) to jeer at me;(B)
    they strike my cheek(C) in scorn
    and unite together against me.(D)

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Instantly Ananias the high priest commanded those close to Paul to slap him on the mouth.

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At this the high priest Ananias(A) ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.(B)

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“Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face.

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and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”(A) And they slapped him in the face.(B)

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22 Then one of the Temple guards standing nearby slapped Jesus across the face. “Is that the way to answer the high priest?” he demanded.

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22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials(A) nearby slapped him in the face.(B) “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.

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43 Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side. 44 They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.[a]

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  1. 19:44 Greek did not recognize the time of your visitation, a reference to the Messiah’s coming.

43 The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.(A) 44 They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls.(B) They will not leave one stone on another,(C) because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming(D) to you.”

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30 And they spit on him and grabbed the stick and struck him on the head with it.

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30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.(A)

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67 Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,

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67 Then they spit in his face and struck him with their fists.(A) Others slapped him

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39 But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.

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39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.(A)

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16 I trembled inside when I heard this;
    my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,[a]
    and I shook in terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
    when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

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  1. 3:16 Hebrew Decay entered my bones.

16 I heard and my heart pounded,
    my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
    and my legs trembled.(A)
Yet I will wait patiently(B) for the day of calamity
    to come on the nation invading us.

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I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]
    a cruel and violent people.
They will march across the world
    and conquer other lands.

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  1. 1:6 Or Chaldeans.

I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](A)
    that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(B)
    to seize dwellings not their own.(C)

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  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans