1Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the judge of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] with a rod upon the cheek.

2But youⁱ, Beit-Lechem [House of Bread] Ephrat [ash-heap: place of fruitfulness], [though] youⁱ be little among the thousands of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised], [yet] out of youⁱ shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.

3Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travails has brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

4And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), in the majesty of the name of the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) his God-Elohim (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

5And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Ashur (Assyrian) shall come into our land: and when he shall trample in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

6And they shall waste the land of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from the Ashur (Assyrian), when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.

7And the remnant of Ya’akov [Heal of God] shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), as the showers upon the grass, that tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men.

8And the remnant of Ya’akov [Heal of God] 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 treads down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver.

9You1s hand shall be lifted up upon yourⁱ adversaries, and all yourⁱ enemies shall be cut off.

10And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD-Yehovah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), that I will cut off yourⁱ horses out of the midst of youⁱ, and I will destroy yourⁱ chariots:

11And I will cut off the cities of yourⁱ land, and throw down all yourⁱ strong holds:

12And I will cut off witchcrafts out of yourⁱ hand; and youⁱ shall have no [more] soothsayers:

13Your1s graven images also will I cut off, and yourⁱ standing images out of the midst of youⁱ; and youⁱ shall no more worship the work of yourⁱ hands.

14And I will pluck up yourⁱ Asherim [false goddess] out of the midst of youⁱ: so will I destroy yourⁱ cities.

15And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.