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Quoted By:
Reader: “And he will stand to lead his flock”
Response: “with the Lord’s strength.”
Scripture: Micah 5:1-5a
>Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
>The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
>They will strike Israel’s leader
>in the face with a rod.
>But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
>are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
>Yet a ruler of Israel,
>whose origins are in the distant past,
>will come from you on my behalf.
>The people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies
>until the woman in labor gives birth.
>Then at last his fellow countrymen
>will return from exile to their own land.
>And he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord’s strength,
>in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
>Then his people will live there undisturbed,
>for he will be highly honored around the world.
>And he will be the source of peace.
Reader: “The inspired word of God.”
Response: “Thanks be to God.”
Response: “with the Lord’s strength.”
Scripture: Micah 5:1-5a
>Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
>The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
>They will strike Israel’s leader
>in the face with a rod.
>But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
>are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
>Yet a ruler of Israel,
>whose origins are in the distant past,
>will come from you on my behalf.
>The people of Israel will be abandoned to their enemies
>until the woman in labor gives birth.
>Then at last his fellow countrymen
>will return from exile to their own land.
>And he will stand to lead his flock with the Lord’s strength,
>in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
>Then his people will live there undisturbed,
>for he will be highly honored around the world.
>And he will be the source of peace.
Reader: “The inspired word of God.”
Response: “Thanks be to God.”
