1Nowלִֽהְיוֹת֙lih.yOtH1961shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hathlaidיֵצֵ֔אye.Tze'H3318siegeagainstמִמְּךָ֙mi.me.KhaH4480usמִימֵ֥יmi.MeiH3117: they shall smite the judge ofIsraelH3478with a roduponלִֽהְי֥וֹתlih.YotH1961the cheek.
2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah,outעַל־'al-H5921of thee shall onecomeיְשׁוּב֖וּןye.shu.VunH7725forthיוֹלֵדָ֖הyo.le.DahH3205untomeיִתְּנֵ֔םyi.te.NemH5414that is to be ruler inIsraelH3478;whoseH1121goingsforthיָלָ֑דָהya.La.dahH3205are from ofoldH1121, from everlasting.
3Therefore will he give themupוְעָמַ֗דve.'a.MadH5975,untilH5704the time thatsheכִּֽי־ki-H3588which travaileth hathbroughtיִגְדַּ֖לyig.DalH1431forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4And he shallstandוַהֲקֵמֹ֤נוּva.ha.ke.Mo.nuH6965, and shallfeedH7462his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God: and they shall abide; fornowוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961shall he be great unto the ends of theearthH776.
5And this man shall be our peace: when the Assyrian shallcomeH935intoH935ourlandH776, and when he shalltreadH1869in our palaces, then shallweH3588raiseagainstH935him sevenshepherdsH7462, and eight principal men.
6And they shallwasteיְיַחֵ֖לye.ya.ChelH3176thelandH7130of Assyria with the sword, and thelandH7130of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliverusH5921from the Assyrian, when he comethintoH5921ourlandH7130, and when he treadethwithinH7130ourborderוְהָיָ֣ה׀ve.ha.YahH1961.
7And theremnantH7611ofJacobH3290shall be in themidstH7130ofmanyH7227peoplesעַמִּ֣ים'a.MimH5971as dew from the LORD, as showersuponH1961the grass; that tarriethnotH369formanH369,norH369waiteth for the sons ofmenעַמִּ֣ים'a.MimH5971.
8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he gothroughיָדְךָ֖ya.de.KhaH3027, treadethdownיִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃ פyi.ka.Re.tuH3772and teareth in pieces, and there isnoneוְכָל־ve.kholH3605to deliver.
9LetH1961thine hand be liftedupH1961above thine adversaries, andletH1961allבַיּוֹם־vai.yom-H3117thine enemies becutוְהִכְרַתִּ֥יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772offיִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃ פyi.ka.Re.tuH3772.
10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I willcutוְהִכְרַתִּ֖יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772offוְהִכְרַתִּ֥יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772thy horsesoutH3605of the midst of thee, and willdestroyH3605thy chariots:
11and I willcutH3772offH3772the cities of thy land, and will throwdownH3772all thy strong holds:
12And I willcutוְהִכְרַתִּ֥יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772offוְהִכְרַתִּ֧יve.hikh.ra.TiH3772witchcraftsoutמִיָּדֶ֑ךָmi.ya.De.khaH3027of thinehandיָדֶֽיךָ׃ya.Dei.khaH3027; and thou shalt havenoH3808moreע֖וֹדodH5750soothsayers:
13and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of themidstH7130of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
14and I will pluck up thine Asherimoutהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471of the midst of thee: and I willdestroyוְעָשִׂ֜יתִיve.'a.Si.tiH6213thy cities.
15And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations which hearkened not.
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