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        They will rule Assyria with their swords
            and the country of Nimrod with drawn swords.
        They will rescue us from the Assyrians
            when they come into our land
                and walk within our territory.
Then the few people left from Jacob will be among many people
    like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass.
        They do not put their hope in humans or wait for mortals.
The few people left from Jacob will be among the nations,
    among many people.
        They will be like a lion among animals in the forest,
            like a young lion among flocks of sheep.
        When a lion hunts,
            it tramples its victims and tears them to pieces,
                and there is no one to rescue them.

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who will rule[a] the land of Assyria with the sword,
    the land of Nimrod(A) with drawn sword.[b](B)
He will deliver us from the Assyrians
    when they invade our land
    and march across our borders.(C)

The remnant(D) of Jacob will be
    in the midst of many peoples
like dew(E) from the Lord,
    like showers on the grass,(F)
which do not wait for anyone
    or depend on man.
The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
    in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,(G)
    like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which mauls and mangles(H) as it goes,
    and no one can rescue.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:6 Or crush
  2. Micah 5:6 Or Nimrod in its gates