Micah 5 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Now you are raided, O daughter of raiders, a siege has been laid against us. They strike the Judge of Yisra’ĕ

² “But you, Bĕ

³ Therefore He shall give them up, until the time that she who is in labour has given birth, and the remnant of His brothers return to the children of Yisra’ĕ

⁴ And He shall stand and shepherd in the strength of יהוה, in the excellency of the Name of יהוה  His Elohim. And they shall dwell, for at that time He shall be great, to the ends of the earth.

⁵ And this shall be peace. When Ashshur comes into our land, and when he treads in our palaces, we shall raise against him seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.

⁶ And they shall shepherd the land of Ashshur with the sword, and the land of Nimroḏ

⁷ And the remnant of Yaʽ

⁸ And the remnant of Yaʽ

⁹ Let your hand be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies be cut off.

¹⁰ “And it shall be in that day,” declares יהוה, “that I shall cut off your horses out of your midst, and I shall destroy your chariots.

¹¹ “And I shall cut off the cities of your land, and I shall pull down all your strongholds.

¹² “And I shall cut off witchcrafts out of your hand, and let you have no magicians.

¹³ “And I shall cut off your carved images, and your pillars from your midst, so that you no longer bow down to the work of your hands.

¹⁴ “And I shall pluck your Ashĕ

¹⁵ “And I shall take vengeance in wrath and rage on the gentiles who did not obey.”