- 1Now 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.
- 2But thou, Beth-lehem 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.
- 3Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
- 4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
- 5And 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.
- 6And they shall waste 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.
- 7And 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.
- 9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
- 10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
- 11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
- 12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
- 13Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
- 14And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
- 15And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
KING JAMES VERSION
MICAH 5
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Micah 5 — From little Bethlehem comes the promised ruler who will shepherd in the strength of the LORD, become peace, gather the remnant, and remove false securities.
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The ruler is presented through the chapter’s shepherd imagery rather than a Nativity scene imported from the Gospels. Bethlehem, the returning remnant, and fading military threat combine the promise’s major movements.
Scripture basis: Micah 5:1–15King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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Archaeological Evidence
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEManuscript
Ancient Near Eastern or Second Temple period; see cited catalog
Washington Minor Prophets Codex
Washington Manuscript V is a third-century Egyptian papyrus codex preserving nearly all twelve Minor Prophets in Greek, with corrections and later Coptic glosses that expose the book’s movement through multilingual Christian hands.
Micah 5:2
ARCHAEOLOGY EVIDENCEInscription
Late eighth or seventh century BC
Bethlehem Fiscal Bulla
A tiny provenanced clay docket from Jerusalem reads most plausibly 'in the seventh [year] / Bethlehem / [to the ki]ng,' providing the earliest secure extrabiblical attestation of Judahite Bethlehem while leaving the king, commodity, and administrative mechanism unknown.
Micah 5:2 · Ruth 1:1–2 · 1 Samuel 16:1–13
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