Micah 5
15 verses
This pivotal chapter contains one of the Old Testament's most significant Messianic prophecies: from Bethlehem Ephrathah, small though she is among Judah's clans, will come forth one whose origins are from ancient days who will shepherd His flock in the strength and majesty of the Lord's name. The promise that the ruler's origins are
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I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into o...
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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, Beth–lehem Ephratah, 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; 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 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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His timing, His methods, His purposes — all beyond our comprehension, yet perfectly good.. God meets us exactly where we...
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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 strong holds:
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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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What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circu...
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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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