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| 1Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek. | 1 "Now marshal yourselves as troops. He has laid siege to us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod." |
| 2But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days. | 2 "As for you, Bethlehem of Ephrathah, even though you remain least among the clans of Judah, nevertheless, the one who rules in Israel for me will emerge from you. His existence has been from antiquity, even from eternity. |
| 3Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. | 3Therefore that ruler will abandon them until the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his countrymen will return to the Israelis." |
| 4And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. | 4"Then he will take his stand, shepherding by means of the strength of the LORD, by the power of the name of the LORD his God. And they will be firmly established; indeed, from then on he will become great— to the ends of the earth. |
| 5And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men; | 5And he will be our peace." "When the Assyrian invades our land, trampling through our palaces, we will raise up seven shepherds against him, even eight significant men. |
| 6they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border. | 6The shepherds will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword, along with the entrances to the land of Nimrod. "This is how he will vanquish Assyria when he invades our land, trampling within our borders: |
| 7Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man. | 7The survivors of Jacob will live among many peoples, as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass. They will look to no one, and will place no hope in human beings. |
| 8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver. | 8The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many peoples, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver. |
| 9Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. | 9You will turn your power against your adversaries, and all of your enemies will be cut down." |
| 10And in that day, declares the LORD, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots; | 10"It will come about at that time," declares the LORD, "I will tear away your horses from you, and I will destroy your chariots. |
| 11and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds; | 11I will cut off the cities of your land, and I will tear down all of your fortifications. |
| 12and I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes; | 12I will render your witchcraft powerless, and mediums will no longer exist among you. |
| 13and I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands; | 13I will separate you from your carved images and sacred pillars, and you no longer will worship what you've made with your hands. |
| 14and I will root out your Asherah images from among you and destroy your cities. | 14I will uproot your cultic gods from you, and I will tear down your cities. |
| 15And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey. | 15I will execute vengeance, anger, and fury on the nations who do not obey." |
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