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Chapter 5
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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. |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries,
and all thine enemies shall be cut off. |
10
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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
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And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw
down all thy strong holds: |
12
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And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and
thou shalt have no more soothsayers: |
13
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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
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And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of
thee: so will I destroy thy cities. |
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And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon
the heathen, such as they have not heard. |
