1 Now shall the daughter of Sion be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the 1ribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 2And thou, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, art few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Juda; yet out of thee shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, even 3from eternity.
3 Therefore shall he appoint them to wait till the time of her that travails: she shall bring forth, and then the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel. 4 And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.
5 And she shall have peace when Assur shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men. 6 And they shall tend the Assyrian with a sword, and the land of Nebrod with her trench: and he shall deliver you from the Assyrian, when he shall come upon your land, and when he shall invade your coasts.
7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men. 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a lion's whelp among the flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off his prey, and there is none to deliver. 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict thee, and all thine enemies shall be utterly destroyed.
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10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of thee, and destroy thy chariots; 11 and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds: 12 and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in thee. 13 And I will utterly destroy thy graven images, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt never any more worship the works of thine hands. 14 And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities. 15 and I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not.
1 See Heb.
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3 Gr. from days of the age.
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