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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../micah/4.htm" title="Micah 4">◄</a> Micah 5 <a href="../micah/6.htm" title="Micah 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span><span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26907a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> Now you are walled around with a wall;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26907b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">siege is laid against us;</span></span><br /><span class="text">with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">upon the cheek.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Ruler from Bethlehem</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span><span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26908c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">who are one of the little clans of Judah,</span></span><br /><span class="text">from you shall come forth for me</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">one who is to rule in Israel,</span></span><br /><span class="text">whose origin is from of old,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">from ancient days.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Therefore he shall give them up until the time</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">when she who is in labor has brought forth;</span></span><br /><span class="text">then the rest of his kindred shall return</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">to the people of Israel.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">in the majesty of the name of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> his God.</span></span><br /><span class="text">And they shall live secure, for now he shall be great</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">to the ends of the earth;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>and he shall be the one of peace.</span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">If the Assyrians come into our land</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and tread upon our soil,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26911d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">we will raise against them seven shepherds</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and eight installed as rulers.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>They shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26912e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">they<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26912f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> shall rescue us from the Assyrians</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">if they come into our land</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">or tread within our border.</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Future Role of the Remnant</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Then the remnant of Jacob,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">surrounded by many peoples,</span></span><br /><span class="text">shall be like dew from the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">like showers on the grass,</span></span><br /><span class="text">which do not depend upon people</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">or wait for any mortal.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>And among the nations the remnant of Jacob,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">surrounded by many peoples,</span></span><br /><span class="text">shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,</span></span><br /><span class="text">which, when it goes through, treads down</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and all your enemies shall be cut off.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>In that day, says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I will cut off your horses from among you</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and will destroy your chariots;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>and I will cut off the cities of your land</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and throw down all your strongholds;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>and I will cut off sorceries from your hand,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and you shall have no more soothsayers;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>and I will cut off your images</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and your pillars from among you,</span></span><br /><span class="text">and you shall bow down no more</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">to the work of your hands;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>and I will uproot your sacred poles<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-26920g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> from among you</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and destroy your towns.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">on the nations that did not obey.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:1">Micah 5:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Ch 4.14 in Heb</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:1">Micah 5:1</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:2">Micah 5:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Ch 5.1 in Heb</span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:5">Micah 5:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>in our palaces</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:6">Micah 5:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Cn: Heb <i>in its entrances</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:6">Micah 5:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>he</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Micah 5:14">Micah 5:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>Asherim</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> 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