Micah:5

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* Now gash yourself , O daughter of troops : he has laid siege against us ; they will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek . * But you , Beth-lehem Ephrathah , which are little to be among the thousands of Judah , out of you will one come forth to me who is to be ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth are from of old , from everlasting . * Therefore he will give them up , until the time that she who travails has brought forth : then the residue of his brothers will return to the sons of Israel . * And he will stand , and will shepherd [his flock ] in the strength of Yahweh , in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God : and they will remain ; for now he will be great to the ends of the earth . * And this [man ] will be [our ] peace . When the Assyrian will come into our land , and when he will tread in our palaces , then we will raise against him seven shepherds , and eight principals of man . * And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword , and the land of Nimrod with the dagger : and he will deliver from the Assyrian , when he comes into our land , and when he treads inside our border . * And the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Yahweh , as showers on the grass , that do not tarry for man , nor wait for the sons of men . * And the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations , in the midst of many peoples , as a lion among the beasts of the forest , as a young lion among the flocks of sheep ; who , if he goes through , treads down and tears in pieces , and there is none to deliver . * Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries , and let all your enemies be cut off . * And it will come to pass in that day , says Yahweh , that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you , and will destroy your chariots : * and I will cut off the cities of your land , and will throw down all your strongholds . * And I will cut off sorcerers out of your hand ; and you will have no psychics : * and I will cut off your graven images and your pillars out of the midst of you ; and you will no more worship the work of your hands ; * and I will pluck up your Asherim out of the midst of you ; and I will destroy your cities . * And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations which did not listen .

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