The Coming Messiah

2 “But you, bBethlehem cEphrathah,

Though you are little damong the ethousands of Judah,

Yet out of you shall come forth to Me

The One to be fRuler in Israel,

gWhose goings forth are from of old,

From 1everlasting.”

3 Therefore He shall give them up,

Until the time that hshe who is in labor has given birth;

Then ithe remnant of His brethren

Shall return to the children of Israel.

4 And He shall stand and jfeed 2His flock

In the strength of the Lord,

In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God;

And they shall abide,

For now He kshall be great

To the ends of the earth;

5 And this One lshall be peace.

Judgment on Israel’s Enemies

When the Assyrian comes into our land,

And when he treads in our palaces,

Then we will raise against him

Seven shepherds and eight princely men.

6 They shall 3waste with the sword the land of Assyria,

And the land of mNimrod at its entrances;

Thus He shall ndeliver us from the Assyrian,

When he comes into our land

And when he treads within our borders.

7 Then othe remnant of Jacob

Shall be in the midst of many peoples,

pLike dew from the Lord,

Like showers on the grass,

That 4tarry for no man

Nor 5wait for the sons of men.

8 And the remnant of Jacob

Shall be among the Gentiles,

In the midst of many peoples,

Like a qlion among the beasts of the forest,

Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,

Who, if he passes through,

Both treads down and tears in pieces,

And none can deliver.

9 Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,

And all your enemies shall be 6cut off.

10 “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,

“That I will rcut 7off your shorses from your midst

And destroy your tchariots.

11 I will cut off the cities of your land

And throw down all your strongholds.

12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,

And you shall have no usoothsayers.

13 vYour carved images I will also cut off,

And your sacred pillars from your midst;

You shall wno more worship the work of your hands;

14 I will pluck your 8wooden images from your midst;

Thus I will destroy your cities.

15 And I will xexecute vengeance in anger and fury

On the nations that have not 9heard.”