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| [1]Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. |
[1]Now assemble thy garrisons, O daughter of garrisons: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. |
| [2]But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou art little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. |
[2]And thou Beth-lehem Ephrathah art little to be among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that shall be the ruler in Israel: whose goings forth have been from the beginning and from everlasting. |
| [3]Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel. |
[3]Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which shall bear, shall travail: then the remnant of their brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. |
| [4]And he will stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now will he be great to the ends of the earth. |
[4]And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, and in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God, and they shall dwell still: for now shall he be magnified unto the ends of the world. |
| [5]And this man will be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. |
[5]And he shall be our peace when Assyria shall come into our land: when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. |
| [6]And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its entrances: thus will he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. |
[6]And they shall destroy Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their swords: thus shall he deliver us from Assyria, when he cometh into our land, and when he shall tread within our borders. |
| [7]And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. |
[7]And the remnant of Jacob shall be among many people, as a dew from the Lord, and as the showers upon the grass, that waiteth not for man, nor hopeth in the sons of Adam. |
| [8]And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he goeth through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. |
[8]And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as the lion among the beasts of the forest, and as the lion's whelp among the flocks of sheep, who when he goeth through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. |
| [9]Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thy adversaries, and all thy enemies shall be cut off. |
[9]Thine hand shall be lift up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. |
| [10]And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: |
[10]And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off thine horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots. |
| [11]And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: |
[11]And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and overthrow all thy strong holds. |
| [12]And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more sooth-sayers: |
[12]And I will cut off thine enchanters out of thine hand: and thou shalt have no more soothsayers. |
| [13]Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands. |
[13]Thine idols also will I cut off, and thine images out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. |
| [14]And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. |
[14]And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thine enemies. |
| [15]And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. |
[15]And I will execute a vengeance in my wrath and indignation upon the heathen, which they have not heard. |