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1. Now daughter who is under attack, you slash yourself in grief; a siege is set against us! They are striking the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
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1. Now H6258 gather thyself in troops H1413 , O daughter H1323 of troops H1416 : he hath laid H7760 siege H4692 against H5921 us : they shall smite H5221 H853 the judge H8199 of Israel H3478 with a rod H7626 upon H5921 the cheek H3895 .
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2. Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; One will come from you to be ruler over Israel for Me. His origin is from antiquity, from eternity.
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2. But thou H859 , Bethlehem H1035 Ephratah H672 , though thou be H1961 little H6810 among the thousands H505 of Judah H3063 , yet out of H4480 thee shall he come forth H3318 unto me that is to be H1961 ruler H4910 in Israel H3478 ; whose goings forth H4163 have been from of old H4480 H6924 , from everlasting H4480 H3117 H5769 .
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3. Therefore, He will abandon them until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the people of Israel.
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3. Therefore H3651 will he give them up H5414 , until H5704 the time H6256 that she which travaileth H3205 hath brought forth H3205 : then the remnant H3499 of his brethren H251 shall return H7725 unto H5921 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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4. He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of Yahweh, in the majestic name of Yahweh His God. They will live securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
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4. And he shall stand H5975 and feed H7462 in the strength H5797 of the LORD H3068 , in the majesty H1347 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 his God H430 ; and they shall abide H3427 : for H3588 now H6258 shall he be great H1431 unto H5704 the ends H657 of the earth H776 .
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5. There will be peace. When Assyria invades our land, when it marches against our fortresses, we will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
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5. And this H2088 man shall be H1961 the peace H7965 , when H3588 the Assyrian H804 shall come H935 into our land H776 : and when H3588 he shall tread H1869 in our palaces H759 , then shall we raise H6965 against H5921 him seven H7651 shepherds H7462 , and eight H8083 principal H5257 men H120 .
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6. They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn blade. So He will rescue us from Assyria when it invades our land, when it marches against our territory.
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6. And they shall waste H7489 H853 the land H776 of Assyria H804 with the sword H2719 , and the land H776 of Nimrod H5248 in the entrances H6607 thereof : thus shall he deliver H5337 us from H4480 the Assyrian H804 , when H3588 he cometh H935 into our land H776 , and when H3588 he treadeth H1869 within our borders H1366 .
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7. Then the remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for anyone or linger for mankind.
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7. And the remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290 shall be H1961 in the midst H7130 of many H7227 people H5971 as a dew H2919 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , as the showers H7241 upon H5921 the grass H6212 , that H834 tarrieth H6960 not H3808 for man H376 , nor H3808 waiteth H3176 for the sons H1121 of men H120 .
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8. Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among animals of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, and there is no one to rescue them.
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8. And the remnant H7611 of Jacob H3290 shall be H1961 among the Gentiles H1471 in the midst H7130 of many H7227 people H5971 as a lion H738 among the beasts H929 of the forest H3293 , as a young lion H3715 among the flocks H5739 of sheep H6629 : who H834 , if H518 he go through H5674 , both treadeth down H7429 , and teareth in pieces H2963 , and none H369 can deliver H5337 .
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9. Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies will be destroyed.
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9. Thine hand H3027 shall be lifted up H7311 upon H5921 thine adversaries H6862 , and all H3605 thine enemies H341 shall be cut off H3772 .
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10. In that day-- the LORD's declaration-- I will remove your horses from you and wreck your chariots.
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10. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will cut off H3772 thy horses H5483 out of the midst H4480 H7130 of thee , and I will destroy H6 thy chariots H4818 :
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11. I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses.
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11. And I will cut off H3772 the cities H5892 of thy land H776 , and throw down H2040 all H3605 thy strongholds H4013 :
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12. I will remove sorceries from your hands, and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
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12. And I will cut off H3772 witchcrafts H3785 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 ; and thou shalt have H1961 no H3808 more soothsayers H6049 :
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13. I will remove your carved images and sacred pillars from you, so that you will not bow down again to the work of your hands.
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13. Thy graven images H6456 also will I cut off H3772 , and thy standing images H4676 out of the midst H4480 H7130 of thee ; and thou shalt no H3808 more H5750 worship H7812 the work H4639 of thine hands H3027 .
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14. I will pull up the Asherah poles from among you and demolish your cities.
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14. And I will pluck up H5428 thy groves H842 out of the midst H4480 H7130 of thee : so will I destroy H8045 thy cities H5892 .
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15. I will take vengeance in anger and wrath against the nations that have not obeyed Me.
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15. And I will execute H6213 vengeance H5359 in anger H639 and fury H2534 upon H853 the heathen H1471 , such as H834 they have not H3808 heard H8085 .
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