Micah 5

1 ‘Now cut yourself in bitter grief, daughter besieged by soldiers. They have set a wall around you. They strike the ruler of Israel, in the face with a rod.

now to cut daughter band siege to set: make upon us in/on/with tribe: staff to smite upon [the] jaw [obj] to judge Israel

2 ‘Bethlehem in Ephrathah, small among the tribes of Judah, from you will come a king who will rule for me over Israel, whose family line goes back to the distant past.’

and you(m. s.) Bethlehem Bethlehem Ephrathah little to/for to be in/on/with thousand: clan Judah from you to/for me to come out: produce to/for to be to rule in/on/with Israel and going forth his from front: old from day forever: antiquity

3 So the Lord will only abandon Israel to its enemies until the woman in labour gives birth. Then the survivors will be reunited with their own people.

to/for so to give: give them till time to beget to beget and remainder brother: compatriot his to return: return [emph?] upon son: descendant/people Israel

4 And he will stand and shepherd by the strength of the Lord, In the exalted name of the Lord his God; And they will live in security, for now he will be great, even to the ends of the earth.

and to stand: stand and to pasture in/on/with strength LORD in/on/with pride name LORD God his and to dwell for now to magnify till end land: country/planet

5 This will be our peace: when Assyria comes into our land and treads on our soil, we will raise up against him seven shepherds, eight leaders of men.

and to be this peace Assyria for to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet our and for to tread in/on/with citadel: palace our and to arise: raise upon him seven to pasture and eight prince man

6 They will shepherd Assyria with a sword, and the land of Nimrod with bared blades. They will deliver us from Assyria, when they come into our land, and tread within our borders.

and to pasture [obj] land: country/planet Assyria in/on/with sword and [obj] land: country/planet Nimrod in/on/with entrance her and to rescue from Assyria for to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet our and for to tread in/on/with border: boundary our

7 And the survivors of Jacob will be disbursed among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which don’t wait for people to come or linger for mortals.

and to be remnant Jacob in/on/with entrails: among people many like/as dew from with LORD like/as shower upon vegetation which not to await to/for man: anyone and not to wait: wait to/for son: child man

8 And the survivors of Jacob will be disbursed among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the sheep-folds, who, when he passes through, pounces. He savages his prey. There is no rescuer.

and to be remnant Jacob in/on/with nation in/on/with entrails: among people many like/as lion in/on/with animal wood like/as lion (in/on/with flock *L(abh)*) flock which if to pass and to trample and to tear and nothing to rescue

9 Let your hand triumph over your adversaries, let all your enemies be cut off.

to exalt hand your upon enemy your and all enemy your to cut: eliminate

10 On that day, says the Lord: ‘I will slaughter your horses from your midst, and destroy your chariots.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it utterance LORD and to cut: eliminate horse your from entrails: among your and to perish chariot your

11 I will devastate the cities in your land, and tear down your fortresses.

and to cut: eliminate city land: country/planet your and to overthrow all fortification your

12 I will destroy your magic charms, and you will have no soothsayers.

and to cut: eliminate sorcery from hand your and to divine not to be to/for you

13 I will cut down your idols and sacred pillars, and you will not worship any more the work of your hands.

and to cut: eliminate idol your and pillar your from entrails: among your and not to bow still to/for deed: work hand your

14 I will uproot your sacred poles, and destroy your idols.

and to uproot Asherah your from entrails: among your and to destroy city your

15 In my wrath and my anger I will seek vengeance on the nations that ignore me.’

and to make: do in/on/with face: anger and in/on/with rage vengeance with [the] nation which not to hear: obey