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The Messiah Will Be Born at Bethlehem

Now gather yourself in troops,
O daughter of troops;
He has laid siege against us;
They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

1

The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem

a Now muster your troops, O daughterb of troops;
siege is laid against us;
with a rod they strike the judge of Israel
on the cheek.

2

The Coming Messiah

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose goings forth are from of old,
From [a]everlasting.”

2

c But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose coming forth is from of old,
from ancient days.

3

Therefore He shall give them up,
Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth;
Then the remnant of His brethren
Shall return to the children of Israel.

3

Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of his brothers shall return
to the people of Israel.

4

And He shall stand and feed[b] His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God;
And they shall abide,
For now He shall be great
To the ends of the earth;

4

And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.

5

And this One shall be peace.
Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

When the Assyrian comes into our land,
And when he treads in our palaces,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight princely men.

5

And he shall be their peace.
When the Assyrian comes into our land
and treads in our palaces,
then we will raise against him seven shepherds
and eight princes of men;

6

They shall [c]waste with the sword the land of Assyria,
And the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian,
When he comes into our land
And when he treads within our borders.

6

they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
and the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian
when he comes into our land
and treads within our border.

7

Then the remnant of Jacob
Shall be in the midst of many peoples,
Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on the grass,
That [d]tarry for no man
Nor [e]wait for the sons of men.

7

A Remnant Shall Be Delivered

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which delay not for a man
nor wait for the children of man.

8

And the remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the Gentiles,
In the midst of many peoples,
Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And none can deliver.

8

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

9

Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,
And all your enemies shall be [f]cut off.

9

Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries,
and all your enemies shall be cut off.

10

“And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
“That I will cut[g] off your horses from your midst
And destroy your chariots.

10

And in that day, declares the Lord,
I will cut off your horses from among you
and will destroy your chariots;

11

I will cut off the cities of your land
And throw down all your strongholds.

11

and I will cut off the cities of your land
and throw down all your strongholds;

12

I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
And you shall have no soothsayers.

12

and I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;

13

Your carved images I will also cut off,
And your sacred pillars from your midst;
You shall no more worship the work of your hands;

13

and I will cut off your carved images
and your pillars from among you,
and you shall bow down no more
to the work of your hands;

14

I will pluck your [h]wooden images from your midst;
Thus I will destroy your cities.

14

and I will root out your Asherah images from among you
and destroy your cities.

15

And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury
On the nations that have not [i]heard.”

15

And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance
on the nations that did not obey.

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