1 Ahora se harán heridas profundas por el dolor. Levantarán una muralla a nuestro alrededor; golpearán en el rostro con una vara al juez de Israel. 2 Y tú, Belén Efrata, la menor entre las familias de Judá, de ti saldrá para mí uno que gobernará en Israel. Su salida fue prevista desde tiempos antiguos, desde los días eternos. 3 Por eso él los abandonará hasta que la mujer embarazada haya dado a luz. Entonces el resto de sus hermanos volverá a los hijos de Israel. 4 Él tomará su lugar y alimentará a su rebaño con la fuerza del Señor, con la gloria del nombre del Señor su Dios. Su lugar de descanso estará seguro, porque entonces él será grande hasta los confines de la tierra. 5 Y esta será nuestra paz: cuando el asirio venga a nuestro país y pise nuestra tierra, levantaremos contra él siete pastores y ocho jefes de entre los hombres. 6 Devastarán con la espada la tierra de Asiria y con su filo la tierra de Nimrod. Él nos salvará del asirio cuando venga a nuestro país y cruce los límites de nuestra tierra. 7 El resto de Jacob estará entre muchos pueblos como el rocío del Señor, como las lluvias sobre la hierba, que el hombre no puede detener y que no esperan a los seres humanos. 8 El resto de Jacob estará entre las naciones, en medio de muchos pueblos, como un león entre los animales del bosque, como un león joven entre los rebaños de ovejas. Cuando pasa, los pisotea y los despedaza, y no hay quien los salve. 9 Tu mano se levanta contra tus adversarios, y todos tus enemigos serán eliminados. 10 «Ese día —dice el Señor— te quitaré tus caballos y destruiré tus carros de guerra. 11 Destruiré las ciudades de tu tierra y derribaré todas tus fortalezas. 12 Pondré fin a tus artes ocultas y ya no tendrás adivinos. 13 Destruiré tus imágenes y tus columnas, y ya no adorarás la obra de tus manos. 14 Arrancaré de entre ustedes sus imágenes de Asera y destruiré sus ídolos. 15 Castigaré a las naciones con una ira ardiente como nunca han conocido».
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem was the home of Ruth and Boaz and the birthplace of David. Micah named it as the Messiah's birthplace — fulfilled in Jesus' nativity.
Cited in the guide: Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:19; Luke 2:4-7
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- 1 Lamentations 3:30; Job 16:10; Matthew 26:67; John 19:3; Isaiah 33:22
- 2 Matthew 2:6; John 7:42; Luke 1:31–33; Isaiah 9:6–7; Psalm 90:2
- 3 Revelation 12:1–2; Micah 4:7; Romans 9:27–28; Matthew 1:21; Isaiah 10:20–21
- 4 Isaiah 40:10–11; Psalm 23:1–2; Luke 1:32; Micah 7:14; John 10:27–30
- 5 Luke 2:14; John 14:27; Zechariah 10:3; Isaiah 9:6–7; Job 5:19
- 6 Genesis 10:8–11; Isaiah 14:25; Luke 1:74; Isaiah 14:2; 2 Chronicles 33:11
- 7 Psalm 72:6; Micah 5:3; Isaiah 44:3; Deuteronomy 32:2; Hosea 14:5
- 8 Zechariah 10:5; Micah 4:13; Psalm 2:8–12; Isaiah 41:15–16; Zechariah 12:3
- 9 Isaiah 26:11; Psalm 21:8; Isaiah 11:14; Isaiah 14:2–4; Psalm 10:12
- 10 Zechariah 9:10; Hosea 14:3; Psalm 33:16–17; Psalm 20:7–8; Isaiah 2:7
- 11 Isaiah 2:12–17; Zechariah 4:6; Isaiah 6:11; Ezekiel 38:11; Amos 5:9
- 12 Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Revelation 22:15; Isaiah 8:19–20; Isaiah 2:20; Revelation 19:20
- 13 Ezekiel 6:9; Ezekiel 36:25; Zechariah 13:2; Ezekiel 37:23; Hosea 14:3
- 14 Exodus 34:13
- 15 Micah 5:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Psalm 149:7; Isaiah 65:12
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He spoke thus: "And thou, Bethlehem, the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah; for out of thee shall come forth a Governor, who shall feed My people." Now there is a village in the land of the Jews, thirty-five stadia from Jerusalem, in which Jesus Christ was born, as you can ascertain also from …
And He shall stand, and see, and feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, and in the dignity of the name of the Lord His God: for now shall He be magnified even to the utmost of the earth." The prophet Jonah, not so much by speech as by his own painful experience, prophesied Christ's death and resurrection …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And the place likewise, and the time, he puts down, to bring to our remembrance ancient prophecies; whereof one was uttered by Micah, saying, "And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art by no means the least among the princes of Judah;" and the other by the patriarch Jacob, distinctly marking out to us the time, and setting forth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Out of thee shall come forth unto Me a Ruler, who shall feed My people Israel: and His goings forth are from the beginning, from days of eternity.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For surely "his goings forth" were not "from of old, from everlasting." And how can that suit him which is said at the beginning, "Out of thee shall He come forth:" Zorobabel not having been born in Judæa, but in Babylon, whence also he was called Zorobabel, because he had his origin there?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)