MICAH.
5.
“But now,  you people of Jerusalem, gather your troops together,  because even though you have a wall  around your city to protect it,  enemy soldiers are surrounding the city. And  soon they will strike your leader on his face, with a rod.” 
But you  people of APO Bethlehem in Ephrathah  district need to know that even though your  town is a very small one among all the towns in Judah, someone who will rule Israel will be born in your town.  He will be someone whose family has existed a very long time ago DOU. 
 But now you people of Israel will be conquered by your enemies;  but it will be for only a short time, like MET  the short time that women have great pain while their babies are being born. After that, your fellow-countrymen who were ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries► will return to their own country. 
And that man who will be ruling  there in Jerusalem will stand and lead his people well, because Yahweh, his God, will cause him to be strong and greatly honored. Then the people whom he rules will live  in Jerusalem safely; he will be greatly honored by people all over the earth,  so no one will dare to attack Jerusalem. 
And he will cause things to go well  for his people. When  the army of Assyria attacks our country and breaks though our fortresses, we will appoint ◄seven or eight/several► leaders  to lead our army to fight against them. 
With their swords  our army will defeat the  army of Assyria,  whose capital was founded by Nimrod  long ago. So our army will rescue us from the Assyrian  army when they invade our country DOU. 
The ◄descendants of Jacob/Israelis► who survive will be  a blessing to the people of other nations, like SIM dew and rain sent by Yahweh do good to the grass. The Israelis will not trust in humans  to help them; instead, they will rely on Yahweh. 
In the midst of  their enemies in many people-groups DOU, the descendants of Jacob who remain alive will be like SIM a lion among the  other wild beasts of the forest, like SIM a young lion who goes among a flock of sheep and pounces  on one and ◄mauls it/tears it to pieces►, and no one will be able to rescue  that sheep. 
You Israelis will defeat MTY all your enemies and completely destroy them. 
Yahweh says, “At that time, I will destroy  you Israeli people’s horses  that your soldiers use in war and your chariots. 
I will tear down your city  walls and destroy all your fortified cities. 
I will get rid of all those among you who practice magic and the ◄fortune-tellers/those who say that they can predict what will happen in the future►. 
I will destroy  all your idols and  sacred stone pillars, and then you will no longer bow down  and worship things that you yourselves SYN have made. 
I will get rid of your poles  that represent the goddess Asherah, and  I will also destroy all your idols. 
And because I will be very angry, I will  also punish  the people of all the nations who have not obeyed  me.”