Micah

1成群的民哪，现在你要聚集成队； 因为仇敌围攻我们， 要用杖击打以色列审判者的脸。

神应许一位掌权者出于伯利恒

2伯利恒的以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中为小， 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我作掌权的； 他的根源从亘古，从太初就有。

3耶和华必将以色列人交付敌人， 直等那生产的妇人生下子来。 那时掌权者其余的弟兄 必归到以色列人那里。

4他必起来，倚靠耶和华的大能， 并耶和华—他 神之名的威严， 牧养他的羊群。 他们要安然居住； 因为他必日见尊大，直到地极。

5这位必作我们的平安。解救和惩罚当亚述人进入我们的地境， 践踏宫殿的时候， 我们就立起七个牧者， 八个首领攻击他。

6他们必用刀剑毁坏亚述地 和宁录地的关口。 亚述人进入我们的地境践踏的时候， 他必拯救我们。

7雅各余剩的人必在多国的民中， 如从耶和华那里降下的露水， 又如甘霖降在草上； 不仗赖人力，也不等候世人之功。

8雅各余剩的人必在多国多民中， 如林间百兽中的狮子， 又如少壮狮子在羊群中。 他若经过就必践踏撕裂， 无人搭救。

9愿你的手举起，高过敌人！ 愿你的仇敌都被剪除！

10耶和华说：到那日， 我必从你中间剪除马匹， 毁坏车辆，

11也必从你国中除灭城邑， 拆毁一切的保障，

12又必除掉你手中的邪术； 你那里也不再有占卜的。

13我必从你中间除灭雕刻的偶像和柱像， 你就不再跪拜自己手所造的。

14我必从你中间拔出木偶， 又毁灭你的城邑。

15我也必在怒气和忿怒中向那不听从的列国施报。

1Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

2AND THOU, BETHLEHEM Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.

3Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that travaileth shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel.

4And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the height of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall be converted, for now shall he be magnified even to the ends of the earth.

5And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

6And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.

7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.

8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples as a lion among the beasts of the forests, and as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who when he shall go through and tread down, and take, there is none to deliver.

9Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.

10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will take away thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots.

11And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee.

12And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

13And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: and will crush thy cities.

14And I will execute vengeance in wrath and in indignation among all the nations that have not given ear.

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