| Chapter 5 |
| 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. |
| 2 | But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he
come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been
from of old, from everlasting. |
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3 | Therefore will he give them up, until
the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his
brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. |
| 4 | And he shall
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 shall he be great unto the ends of
the earth. |
| 5
| And this man shall 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. |
| 6 | And they shall
waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the
entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh
into our land, and when he treadeth 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. |
| 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 go through, both treadeth down, and
teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. |
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9 | Thine hand shall be lifted
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: |
| 11 |
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong
holds: |
| 12
| And I will cut off witchcrafts 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 thine hands. |
| 14 | And I will pluck up thy
groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. |
| 15 | And
I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have
not heard. |
