Micah 5: 2-5
A Ruler from Bethlehem
But you, O Bethlehem
Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler
of Israel will come from you,
one whose origins are from the distant past.
The
people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies
until the woman in labor
gives birth.
Then at last his fellow countrymen
will return from exile to their
own land.
And
he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord’s strength, in the majesty of the
name of the Lord his God.
Then his people will live there undisturbed, for he
will be highly honored around the world.
And
he will be the source of peace.
When
the Assyrians invade our land
and break through our defenses,
we will appoint
seven rulers to watch over us, eight princes to lead us.
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