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So He will arise and tend His flock
with the strength of Adonai
    in the majesty of the Name of Adonai His God.
And they will live securely,
    for then He will be great to the ends of the earth.
This One will be shalom.[a]
When Assyria invades our land
    when he treads on our citadels,
then we will raise up against him seven shepherds
    and eight human princes.
They will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword—
even Nimrod’s land with a drawn blade.[b]
He will deliver us from Assyria,
    when he invades our land,
    when he tramples on our territory.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:4 cf. Luke 2:14; Col. 1:20.
  2. Micah 5:5 Or, at its entrances.

Therefore Israel will be abandoned(A)
    until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,
and the rest of his brothers return
    to join the Israelites.

He will stand and shepherd his flock(B)
    in the strength of the Lord,
    in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they will live securely, for then his greatness(C)
    will reach to the ends of the earth.

And he will be our peace(D)
    when the Assyrians invade(E) our land
    and march through our fortresses.
We will raise against them seven shepherds,
    even eight commanders,(F)

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