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Chapter 5
1 Now shall you be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
2 AND you, BETHLEHEM Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.
3 Therefore will he give them up even till the time wherein she that travails shall bring forth: and the remnant of his brethren shall be converted to the children of Israel.
4 And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the height of the name of the Lord his God: and they shall be converted, for now shall he be magnified even to the ends of the earth.
5 And this man shall be our peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall set his foot in our houses: and we shall raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
6 And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.
7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waits not for man, nor tarries for the children of men.
8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples as a lion among the beasts of the forests, and as a young lion among the docks of sheep: who when he shall go through and tread down, and take, there is none to deliver.
9 your hand shall be lifted up over your enemies, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord, that I will take away your horses out of the midst of you, and will destroy your chariots.
11 And I will destroy the cities of your land, and will throw down all your strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of your hand, and there shall be no divinations in you.
12 And I will destroy your graven things, and your statues out of the midst of you: and you shall no more adore the works of your hands.
13 And I will pluck up your groves out of the midst of you: and will crush your cities.
14 And I will execute vengeance in wrath and in indignation among all the nations that have not given ear.