Micah

Micah 5 ©

1 The birth of Christ foretold: 4 his kingdom: 8 his complete conquest over his enemies.

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NOW agather thyself in troops, O bdaughter of troops: che hath laid siege against us: they dshall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

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But thou, eBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the fthousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be gruler in Israel; whose hgoings forth have been from of old, from 1everlasting.

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Therefore will he igive them up, until the time that she which *travaileth jhath brought forth: then the kremnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

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¶And lhe shall stand and 2feed in the strength of the LORD, min the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall nabide: for now oshall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

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And this man shall be pthe peace, qwhen the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him rseven shepherds, and eight 3principal men.

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And sthey shall 4waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod 5in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he tcometh 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 uas a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that vtarrieth 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 was a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of 6sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.

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xThine 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 yin that day, saith the LORD, that zI 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 strong holds:

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And I will cut off awitchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more b*soothsayers:

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Thy cgraven images also will I cut off, and thy 7standing 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 8cities.

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And dI will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.