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Micah 5:1-4
New Living Translation
Micah 5:1-4
New Living Translation
5 [a]Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
They will strike Israel’s leader
in the face with a rod.
A Ruler from Bethlehem
2 [b]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel,
whose origins are in the distant past,
will come from you on my behalf.
3 The people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies
until the woman in labor gives birth.
Then at last his fellow countrymen
will return from exile to their own land.
4 And he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord’s strength,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
Then his people will live there undisturbed,
for he will be highly honored around the world.
Micah 5:1-4
New International Version
Micah 5:1-4
New International Version
A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem
5 [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.
2 “But you, Bethlehem(B) Ephrathah,(C)
though you are small among the clans[b] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler(D) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,(E)
from ancient times.”(F)
3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned(G)
until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,
and the rest of his brothers return
to join the Israelites.
Micah 5:10-15
New Living Translation
Micah 5:10-15
New Living Translation
10 “In that day,” says the Lord,
“I will slaughter your horses
and destroy your chariots.
11 I will tear down your walls
and demolish your defenses.
12 I will put an end to all witchcraft,
and there will be no more fortune-tellers.
13 I will destroy all your idols and sacred pillars,
so you will never again worship the work of your own hands.
14 I will abolish your idol shrines with their Asherah poles
and destroy your pagan cities.
15 I will pour out my vengeance
on all the nations that refuse to obey me.”
Micah 5:10-15
New International Version
Micah 5:10-15
New International Version
10 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will destroy your horses from among you
and demolish your chariots.(A)
11 I will destroy the cities(B) of your land
and tear down all your strongholds.(C)
12 I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.(D)
13 I will destroy your idols(E)
and your sacred stones from among you;(F)
you will no longer bow down
to the work of your hands.(G)
14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[a](H)
when I demolish your cities.
15 I will take vengeance(I) in anger and wrath
on the nations that have not obeyed me.”
Footnotes
- Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
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