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.
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