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.
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.
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.