Micah 5:1-5

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)

³Therefore 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.

⁴He will stand and shepherd his flock^(H)
    in the strength of the Lord,
    in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they will live securely, for then his greatness^(I)
    will reach to the ends of the earth.

⁵And he will be our peace^(J)
    when the Assyrians invade^(K) our land
    and march through our fortresses.
We will raise against them seven shepherds,
    even eight commanders,^(L)

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Footnotes

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

John 1:10-18

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¹⁰He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,^(A) the world did not recognize him. ¹¹He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.^(B) ¹²Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed^(C) in his name,^(D) he gave the right to become children of God^(E)— ¹³children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.^(F)

¹⁴The Word became flesh^(G) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(H) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(I) and truth.^(J)

¹⁵(John testified^(K) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)^(L) ¹⁶Out of his fullness^(M) we have all received grace^(N) in place of grace already given. ¹⁷For the law was given through Moses;^(O) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^(P) ¹⁸No one has ever seen God,^(Q) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[a]^(R) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.