5:1 Now shall the daughter [of Sion] be
completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the
tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
5:2 And thou, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, art few in number to be
[reckoned] among the thousands of Juda; [yet] out of thee shall one come
forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the
beginning, [even] from eternity.
5:3 Therefore 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.
5:4 And 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.
5:5 And 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 en.
5:6 And 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.
5:7 And 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.
5:8 And 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.
5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict thee, and all
thine enemies shall be utterly destroyed.
5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, [that] I will
utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of thee, and destroy thy
chariots;
5:11 and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy
strong-holds:
5:12 and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there
shall be no soothsayers in thee.
5:13 And I will utterly destroy thy graven images, and thy statues out of
the midst of thee; and thou shalt never any more worship the works of thine
hands.
5:14 And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will
abolish thy cities.
5:15 and I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because
they hearkened not. |
5:1 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.
5:2 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.
5:3 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.
5:4 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.
5:5 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.
5:6 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.
5:7 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.
5:8 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.
5:9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine
enemies shall be cut off.
5:10 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:
5:11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy
strong holds:
5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have
no more soothsayers:
5:13 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.
5:14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I
destroy thy cities.
5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such
as they have not heard. |