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Micah 5:1-15 (JDV)

Micah 5:1 Now, a daughter who is under attack, you slash yourself in grief; a siege is set against us! They are striking the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
Micah 5:2 Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
Micah 5:3 Therefore, Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of the ruler’s brothers will return to the people of Israel.
Micah 5:4 He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of Yahveh, in the majestic name of Yahveh, his God. They will live securely, for then his greatness will extend to the ends of the land.
Micah 5:5: He will be their peace. When Assyria invades our land, when it marches against our fortresses, we will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
Micah 5:6 They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade. So he will rescue us from Assyria when it invades our land when it marches against our territory.
Micah 5:7 Then the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from Yahveh, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or linger for humanity.
Micah 5:8 Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, and there is no one to rescue them.
Micah 5:9 Your hand will be lifted against your adversaries, and all your enemies will be destroyed.
Micah 5:10 In that day – this is Yahveh’s declaration – I will remove your horses from you and wreck your chariots.
Micah 5:11 I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses.
Micah 5:12 I will remove sorceries from your hands, and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
Micah 5:13: I will remove your carved images and sacred pillars from you so that you will no longer worship the work of your hands.
Micah 5:14 I will pull up the Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities.
Micah 5:15 I will take vengeance in anger and wrath against the nations that have not obeyed me.

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When the Messiah comes, his rescued people will no longer need battle preparations, but will live in peace in their own land. They will also participate in his dominion of the nations. This Messiah will be born in Bethlehem, and will be great to the ends of the earth. Micah combines aspects of Christ’s first and second comings. He sees the Lord’s advents from a distance. The LORD also sees our lives that way. He sees the struggles you now face in the present. But he also sees your eternal victory in the future. He believes in you because he loves you. And he also knows the full story.

LORD, give us the insight to believe in our full story.