of pictures that follows. הנה, “behold,” and the participle in 10:33 portray an act of God that is already apparent. Thus this passage begins to picture the possibilities that derive from that act. יצא, “come out,” can refer to being born (Gen 35:11) or to his appearance as king (Zech 5:5). Gen 17:6 uses it for his genealogy (cf. Mic 5:1 [2]). The prophecy reaches behind David to Jesse (just as Mic 5:1 [2] reaches behind Jerusalem to Bethlehem). גזע, “stump,” is descriptive of a broken, cut-off