The Bible Study Podcast, episode 764.

Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the book of Micah with Chapter 5.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We continue on with chapter 5,

and this is going to be some familiar verses for you because it is a foreshadowing of something that's going to happen later in the Bible, a promised ruler from Bethlehem.

Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us.

They will strike Israel's ruler on the cheek with a rod. But you, Bethlehem, Afratha, though you

are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come from me one who will be a ruler of Israel,

whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. Therefore, Israel will

be abandoned 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 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 will reach to the ends of the earth.

And he will be our peace when the Assyrians invade our land, and march through our fortresses.

We will raise against them seven shepherds, even eight commanders, who will rule the land of Assyria with the sword.

The land of Nimrod withdrawn sword.

He will deliver us from the Assyrians when they invade our land and march across our borders.

The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass,

which do not wait for anyone or depend on man. The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations

in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion

among flocks of sheep, which mauls and mangles as it goes,

and no one can rescue.

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