Micah 5:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁶ They shall rule the land of Assyria with the sword,
    and the land of Nimrod with the drawn sword;^[a]
they^[b] shall rescue us from the Assyrians
    if they come into our land
    or tread within our border.

⁷ Then the remnant of Jacob,
    surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like dew from the Lord,
    like showers on the grass,
which do not depend upon people
    or wait for any mortal.
⁸ And among the nations the remnant of Jacob,
    surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
    like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
    and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.