Micah 5
The Rule of the
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Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter
of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge
of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
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But thou, Bethlehem Eph'ratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to
be ruler in Israel; Mt. 2.6 · Joh. 7.42 whose goings forth have been from of old, from
everlasting.
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Therefore will he give them up, until the
time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the
remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of
Israel.
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And he shall stand and feed in the
strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the
name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide:
for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
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And this man shall be the peace,
when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread
in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and
eight principal men.
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And they shall waste the land of Assyria
with the sword, and the land of Nimrod Gen. 10.8-11 in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he
treadeth within our borders.
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And the remnant of Jacob shall be in
the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not
for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
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And the remnant of Jacob shall be among
the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as a lion among the beasts
of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he
go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can
deliver.
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Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine
adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
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And it shall come to pass in that day,
saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses
out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
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and I will cut off the cities of thy
land, and throw down all thy strongholds:
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and I will cut off witchcrafts out of
thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
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thy graven images also will I cut off,
and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no
more worship the work of thine hands.
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And I will pluck up thy groves out of the
midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
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And I will execute vengeance in anger and
fury upon the heathen, such as they have not
heard.
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