{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/micah/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:04:26.919Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Micah","bookSlug":"micah","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":7,"totalVerses":15},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now shalt thou 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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock 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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And this man shall be our 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass; that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Let thine hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And 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 will destroy thy chariots:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds:"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee: and I will destroy thy cities."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations which hearkened not."}],"citation":{"inline":"Micah 5 (ERV)","markdown":"[Micah 5](https://primebible.com/erv/micah/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/micah/5 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}