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Mic. 5:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Butp thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be rulerr in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from ζeverlastingt.

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Matt. 2:6• ⁶And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. (Matt. 2:6)

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Gen. 49:10• ¹⁰The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Gen. 49:10)

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Prov. 8:22‑23• ²²The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
²³I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. (Prov. 8:22‑23)

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John 1:1• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)

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Col. 1:17• ¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Col. 1:17)

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the days of eternity.

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Beth-lehem, Bethlehem,

Ephrath; Ephratah,

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But thou.

Matt. 2:6• ⁶And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. (Matt. 2:6)

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John 7:42• ⁴²Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? (John 7:42)

Ephratah.

Gen. 35:19• ¹⁹And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (Gen. 35:19)

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Gen. 48:7• ⁷And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. (Gen. 48:7)

Ephrath.

Ruth 4:11• ¹¹And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: (Ruth 4:11)

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1 Sam. 17:12• ¹²Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. (1 Sam. 17:12)

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1 Chron. 2:50‑51,54• ⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
⁵⁴The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. (1 Chron. 2:50‑51,54)

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1 Chron. 4:4• ⁴And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. (1 Chron. 4:4)

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Psa. 132:6• ⁶Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. (Psa. 132:6)

among.

1 Sam. 10:19• ¹⁹And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. (1 Sam. 10:19)

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1 Sam. 23:23• ²³See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:23)

thousands.

Ex. 18:21,25• ²¹Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
²⁵And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. (Ex. 18:21,25)

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Deut. 1:15• ¹⁵So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. (Deut. 1:15)

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1 Sam. 8:12• ¹²And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. (1 Sam. 8:12)

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1 Sam. 17:18• ¹⁸And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. (1 Sam. 17:18)

yet.

Isa. 11:1• ¹And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: (Isa. 11:1)

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Isa. 53:2• ²For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. (Isa. 53:2)

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Ezek. 17:22‑24• ²²Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
²³In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
²⁴And all the trees of the field shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken and have done it. (Ezek. 17:22‑24)

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Amos 9:11• ¹¹In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (Amos 9:11)

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Luke 2:4‑7• ⁴And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
⁵To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
⁶And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
⁷And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:4‑7)

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1 Cor. 1:27‑28• ²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: (1 Cor. 1:27‑28)

that is.

Gen. 49:10• ¹⁰The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Gen. 49:10)

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1 Chron. 5:2• ²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) (1 Chron. 5:2)

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Isa. 9:6‑7• ⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:6‑7)

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Jer. 13:5‑6• ⁵So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
⁶And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. (Jer. 13:5‑6)

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Ezek. 34:23‑24• ²³And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
²⁴And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it. (Ezek. 34:23‑24)

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Ezek. 37:22‑25• ²²And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:
²³Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
²⁴And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
²⁵And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. (Ezek. 37:22‑25)

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Zech. 9:9• ⁹Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. 9:9)

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Matt. 28:18• ¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matt. 28:18)

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Luke 1:31‑33• ³¹And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
³³And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. (Luke 1:31‑33)

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Luke 23:2,38• ²And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
³⁸And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. (Luke 23:2,38)

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John 19:14‑22• ¹⁴And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
¹⁵But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
¹⁶Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
¹⁷And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
¹⁸Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
¹⁹And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
²⁰This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
²¹Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
²²Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. (John 19:14‑22)

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Rev. 19:16• ¹⁶And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. (Rev. 19:16)

whose.

Psa. 90:2• ²Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (Psa. 90:2)

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Psa. 102:25‑27• ²⁵Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
²⁶They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
²⁷But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. (Psa. 102:25‑27)

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Prov. 8:22• ²²The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. (Prov. 8:22)

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John 1:1‑3• ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
²The same was in the beginning with God.
³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:1‑3)

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Col. 1:17• ¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Col. 1:17)

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Heb. 13:8• ⁸Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (Heb. 13:8)

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1 John 1:1• ¹That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (1 John 1:1)

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Rev. 1:11‑18• ¹¹Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
¹²And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
¹³And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
¹⁴His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
¹⁵And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
¹⁶And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
¹⁷And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
¹⁸I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Rev. 1:11‑18)

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Rev. 2:8• ⁸And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; (Rev. 2:8)

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Rev. 21:6• ⁶And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)

everlasting.

or, the days of eternity.

• This is the judge of Israel already spoken of. Thus the second verse is unequivocally a parenthetic description of who this judge of Israel is. (“Micah 5” by W. Kelly)

• His "goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity," indicating that He is an eternal Person. This could be none other than the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. (“The Prophecies of Micah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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e(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to bef among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)

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In the Hebrew, ch.5 begins here.

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Or "though thou be small."