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¹Now shall the daughter of Sion be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

²And you, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be reckoned among the thousands of Juda; yet out of you shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity.

³Therefore 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.

⁴And 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.

⁵And 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.

⁶And 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.

⁷And 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.

⁸And 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.

⁹Your hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict you, and all your enemies shall be utterly destroyed.

¹⁰And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, that I will utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of you, and destroy your chariots;

¹¹and I will utterly destroy the cities of your land, and demolish all your strongholds:

¹²and I will utterly destroy your sorceries out of your hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in you.

¹³And I will utterly destroy your graven images, and your statues out of the midst of you; and you shall never any more worship the works of your hands.

¹⁴And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of you, and I will abolish your cities.

¹⁵and I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they listened not.