[1] \5:2\And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of
Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose
going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days. [2]
\5:3\For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with
child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the
children of Israel. [3] \5:4\And he will take his place and give food to
his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the glory of the name of the Lord
his God; and their resting-place will be safe: for now he will be great to
the ends of the earth. [4] \5:5\And this will be our peace: when the
Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will
put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.
[5] \5:6\And they will make waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and
the land of Nimrod with the edge of the sword: he will give us salvation
from the Assyrian when he comes into our country, when his feet come inside
the limit of our land. [6] \5:7\And the rest of Jacob will be among the
mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which
may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men. [7]
\5:8\And the rest of Jacob will be among the nations, in the middle of the
mass of peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the woods, like a young
lion among the flocks of sheep: if he goes through, they will be crushed
under foot and pulled to bits, and there will be no saviour. [8] \5:9\Your
hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters
will be cut off. [9] \5:10\And it will come about in that day, says the
Lord, that I will take away your horses from you, and will give your
war-carriages to destruction: [10] \5:11\I will have the towns of your land
cut off and all your strong places pulled down: [11] \5:12\I will put an
end to your use of secret arts, and you will have no more readers of signs:
[12] \5:13\And I will have your images and your pillars cut off from you;
and you will no longer give worship to the work of your hands. [13] \5:14\I
will have your Asherahs pulled up from among you: and I will send
destruction on your images. [14] \5:15\And my punishment will be effected
on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.
