Micah 4:10-5:5

New King James Version

¹⁰Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs.
For now you shall go forth from the city,
You shall dwell in the field,
And to ^(A)Babylon you shall go.
There you shall be delivered;
There the ^(B)Lord will ^(C)redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.

¹¹^(D)Now also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye ^(E)look upon Zion.”
¹²But they do not know ^(F)the thoughts of the Lord,
Nor do they understand His counsel;
For He will gather them ^(G)like sheaves to the threshing floor.

¹³“Arise^(H) and ^(I)thresh, O daughter of Zion;
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hooves bronze;
You shall ^(J)beat in pieces many peoples;
^(K)I will consecrate their gain to the Lord,
And their substance to ^(L)the Lord of the whole earth.”

The Messiah Will Be Born at Bethlehem

5 Now gather yourself in troops,
O daughter of troops;
He has laid siege against us;
They will ^(M)strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

The Coming Messiah

²“But you, ^(N)Bethlehem ^(O)Ephrathah,
Though you are little ^(P)among the ^(Q)thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be ^(R)Ruler in Israel,
^(S)Whose goings forth are from of old,
From ^[a]everlasting.”

³Therefore He shall give them up,
Until the time that ^(T)she who is in labor has given birth;
Then ^(U)the remnant of His brethren
Shall return to the children of Israel.
⁴And He shall stand and ^(V)feed^[b] 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 He ^(W)shall be great
To the ends of the earth;
⁵And this One ^(X)shall be peace.