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Micah 5

Israel's judge is struck on the cheek with a rod, then the camera narrows to one tiny town: Bethlehem Ephrathah, 'small among the clans of Judah,' from which a ruler will come whose origins are from ancient times. He will shepherd in the LORD's strength and be peace when Assyria invades. The promised king is set against named enemies: Assyria, the land of Nimrod, raised against 'seven shepherds, and eight leaders.'

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Micah 5 (WEB)

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.
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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.
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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.
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He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. They will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
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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.
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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.
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The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man nor wait for the sons of men.
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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.
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Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.
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“It will happen in that day”, says the LORD, “that I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots.
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I will cut off the cities of your land and will tear down all your strongholds.
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I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. You shall have no soothsayers.
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I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
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I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; and I will destroy your cities.
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I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”

Miqueas 5 (RV1909)

1
REÚNETE ahora en bandas, oh hija de bandas: nos han sitiado: con vara herirán sobre la quijada al juez de Israel.
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Mas tú, Beth-lehem Ephrata, pequeña para ser en los millares de Judá, de ti me saldrá el que será Señor en Israel; y sus salidas son desde el principio, desde los días del siglo.
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Empero los dejará hasta el tiempo que para la que ha de parir; y el resto de sus hermanos se tornará con los hijos de Israel.
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Y estará, y apacentará con fortaleza de Jehová, con grandeza del nombre de Jehová su Dios: y asentarán; porque ahora será engrandecido hasta los fines de la tierra.
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Y éste será nuestra paz. Cuando Assur viniere á nuestra tierra, y cuando pisare nuestros palacios, entonces levantaremos contra él siete pastores, y ocho hombres principales;
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Y comerán la tierra de Assur á cuchillo, y la tierra de Nimrod con sus espadas: y nos librará del Asirio, cuando viniere contra nuestra tierra y hollare nuestros términos.
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Y será el residuo de Jacob en medio de muchos pueblos, como el rocío de Jehová, como las lluvias sobre la hierba, las cuales no esperan varón, ni aguardan á hijos de hombres.
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Asimismo será el resto de Jacob entre las gentes, en medio de muchos pueblos, como el león entre las bestias de la montaña, como el cachorro del león entre las manadas de las ovejas, el cual si pasare, y hollare, y arrebatare, no hay quien escape.
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Tu mano se alzará sobre tus enemigos, y todos tus adversarios serán talados.
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Y acontecerá en aquel día, dice Jehová, que haré matar tus caballos de en medio de ti, y haré destruir tus carros.
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Haré también destruir las ciudades de tu tierra, y arruinaré todas tus fortalezas.
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Asimismo destruiré de tu mano las hechicerías, y no se hallarán en ti agoreros.
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Y haré destruir tus esculturas y tus imágenes de en medio de ti, y nunca más te inclinarás á la obra de tus manos;
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Y arrancaré tus bosques de en medio de ti, y destruiré tus ciudades.
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Y con ira y con furor haré venganza en las gentes que no escucharon.

Dew and lion, then a purge

The remnant of Jacob is given a double image (vv.7-8): like dew from the LORD that waits for no man, and like a lion among flocks that tears with none to rescue. Quiet blessing and fierce strength at once.

The chapter ends with God purging Israel's own defenses and idolatry: horses, chariots, fortresses, witchcraft, carved images and Asherah poles all cut off (vv.10-14), so security rests on God alone.