Micah 5:2-5
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q But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of r Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be s ruler in Israel,
t whose coming forth is u from of old,
from ancient days.
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Therefore he shall give them up v until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then w the rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.
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And he shall stand x and shepherd his flock y in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now z he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.
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And he shall be a their peace.
b When the Assyrian comes into our land
and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven c shepherds
and eight princes of men;
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Cross References
Matthew 2:6
"'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"
John 7:42
Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?
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Cross References
Hebrews 7:14
For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
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Cross References
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
Isaiah 9:6 - 7
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Jeremiah 30:21
Their prince shall be one of themselves; their ruler shall come out from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the Lord.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
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Cross References
Hosea 6:3
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord ; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
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Cross References
Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Proverbs 8:22 - 23
The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Cross References
Micah 4:9 - 10
Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
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Cross References
Micah 4:7
And the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.
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Cross References
Isaiah 40:11
He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Micah 7:14
Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of a garden land; let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as in the days of old.
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Cross References
Isaiah 11:3 - 5
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear.
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Cross References
Psalms 72:8
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
Isaiah 52:13
Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
Luke 1:32
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.
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Cross References
Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Zechariah 9:10
I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Ephesians 2:14
For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
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Cross References
2 Kings 18:13
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them.
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Cross References
Isaiah 3:2 - 3
The mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder.
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