Micah 5:3

New Century Version

The Lord will give up his people until the one who is having a baby gives birth; then the rest of his relatives will return to the people of Israel.

Cross References

Matthew 1:21

She will give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

Micah 4:7

I will keep alive those who were crippled, and I will make a strong nation of those who were sent away. The Lord will be their king in Mount Zion from now on and forever.

Hosea 11:8

“Israel, how can I give you up? How can I give you away, Israel? I don’t want to make you like Admah or treat you like Zeboiim. My heart beats for you, and my love for you stirs up my pity.

Micah 7:13

The earth will be ruined for the people who live in it because of their deeds.

Hosea 2:14

“So I am going to attract her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:9

“So I will come back and take away my grain at harvest time and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and linen that covered her nakedness.

Romans 8:29

God knew them before he made the world, and he chose them to be like his Son so that Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.

Matthew 25:40

“Then the King will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me.’

Matthew 12:50

My true brother and sister and mother are those who do what my Father in heaven wants.”

Micah 6:14

You will eat, but you won’t become full; you will still be hungry and empty. You will store up, but save nothing, and what you store up, the sword will destroy.

Jeremiah 31:1

The Lord says, “At that time I will be God of all Israel’s family groups, and they will be my people.”

Isaiah 11:11

At that time the Lord will again reach out and take his people who are left alive in Assyria, North Egypt, South Egypt, Cush, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and all the islands of the sea.

2 Chronicles 30:7

Don’t be like your ancestors or your relatives. They turned against the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so he caused other people to be disgusted with them. You know this is true.

1 Kings 14:16

Jeroboam sinned, and then he made the people of Israel sin. So the Lord will let the people of Israel be defeated.”

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.

Micah 5:7

Then the people of Jacob who are left alive will be to other people like dew from the Lord or rain on the grass— it does not wait for human beings; it does not pause for any person.

Micah 5:8

Those of Jacob’s people who are left alive will be scattered among many nations and peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion in a flock of sheep: As it goes, it jumps on them and tears them to pieces, and no one can save them.

Psalm 67:3

God, the people should praise you; all people should praise you.

Isaiah 49:6

Now he told me, “You are an important servant to me to bring back the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the people of Israel who are left alive. But, more importantly, I will make you a light for all nations to show people all over the world the way to be saved.”

Jeremiah 23:5

“The days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will raise up a good branch in David’s family. He will be a king who will rule in a wise way; he will do what is fair and right in the land.

Ezekiel 34:16

I will search for the lost, bring back those that strayed away, put bandages on those that were hurt, and make the weak strong. But I will destroy those sheep that are fat and strong. I will tend the sheep with fairness.

Micah 4:4

Everyone will sit under his own vine and fig tree, and no one will make him afraid, because the Lord All-Powerful has said it.

Zechariah 10:6

“I will strengthen the people of Judah and save the people of Joseph. I will bring them back, because I care about them. It will be as though I had never left them, because I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.