Micah 5:1-8

Micah 5:1-8

[1] Now gather  thyself in troops,  O daughter  of troops:  he hath laid  siege  against us: they shall smite  the judge  of Israel  with a rod  upon the cheek.  [2] But thou, Bethlehem  Ephratah,  though thou be little  among the thousands  of Judah,  yet out of thee shall he come forth  unto me that is to be ruler  in Israel;  whose goings forth  have been from of old,  from everlasting.  [3] Therefore will he give them up,  until the time  that she which travaileth  then the remnant  of his brethren  shall return  unto the children  of Israel.  [4] And he shall stand  and feed  in the strength  in the majesty  of the name  his God;  and they shall abide:  for now shall he be great  unto the ends  of the earth.  [5] And this man shall be the peace,  when the Assyrian  shall come  into our land:  and when he shall tread  in our palaces,  then shall we raise  against him seven  shepherds,  and eight  principal  men.  [6] the land  of Assyria  with the sword,  and the land  of Nimrod  in the entrances  thereof: thus shall he deliver  us from the Assyrian,  when he cometh  into our land,  and when he treadeth  within our borders.  [7] And the remnant  of Jacob  shall be in the midst  of many  people  as a dew  from the LORD,  as the showers  upon the grass,  that tarrieth  not for man,  nor waiteth  for the sons  of men.  [8] And the remnant  of Jacob  shall be among the Gentiles  in the midst  of many  people  as a lion  among the beasts  of the forest,  as a young lion  among the flocks  of sheep:  who, if he go through,  both treadeth down,  and teareth in pieces,  and none can deliver.