Micah · Literal Standard Version
Micah 5 Literal Standard Version
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1 Now gather yourself together, O daughter of troops, || He has laid a siege against us, || They strike [the] judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
1 Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
2 “And you, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, || Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From you He comes forth to Me—to be ruler in Israel, || And His comings forth [are] of old, || From the days of antiquity.”
2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.
3 Therefore He gives them up until the time she who brings forth has brought forth, || And the remnant of His brothers return to the sons of Israel.
3 Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.
4 And He has stood and delighted in the strength of YHWH, || In the excellence of the Name of His God YHWH, || And they have remained, || For now He is great to the ends of the earth.
4 He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God. They will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
5 And this [One] has been peace. Asshur, when he comes into our land, || And when he treads in our palaces, || We have raised against him seven shepherds, || And eight anointed of man.
5 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
6 And they have afflicted the land of Asshur with the sword, || And the land of Nimrod at its openings, || And He has delivered from Asshur when he comes into our land, || And when he treads in our borders.
6 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
7 And the remnant of Jacob has been in the midst of many peoples, || As dew from YHWH—as showers on the herb, || That does not wait for man, nor stays for the sons of men.
7 The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.
8 Indeed, the remnant of Jacob has been among nations, || In the midst of many peoples, || As a lion among beasts of a forest, || As a young lion among ranks of a flock, || Which if it has passed through, || Has both trodden down and has torn, || And there is no deliverer.
8 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
9 High is your hand above your adversaries, || And all your enemies are cut off.
9 Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.
10 “And it has come to pass in that day,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “I have cut off your horses from your midst, || And I have destroyed your chariots,
10 “It will happen in that day”, says Yahweh, “that I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots.
11 And I have cut off the cities of your land, || And I have thrown down all your fortresses,
11 I will cut off the cities of your land and will tear down all your strongholds.
12 And have cut off sorcerers out of your hand, || And observers of clouds—you have none.
12 I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. You shall have no soothsayers.
13 And I have cut off your carved images, || And your standing-pillars out of your midst, || And you do not bow yourself anymore || To the work of your hands.
13 I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
14 And I have plucked up your Asherim out of your midst, || And I have destroyed your enemies.
14 I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities.
15 And I have done vengeance in anger and in fury, || With the nations who have not listened!”
15 I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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