And you, Beit-Lechem Efratah, though you are too small to be among the thousands of Yehudah, from you will come out to me one who is to be ruler in Yisra'el, and his goings forth are from ancient times, from days of old.

Therefore he will give them up until the time she who is to give birth has given birth, and the rest of his brothers will return to the sons of Yisra'el.

And he will stand and shepherd in the strength of יהוה, in the majesty of the name of יהוה his Elohim, and they will dwell, for now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

And this one will be peace; when the Assyrian comes into our land, and when he tramples in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes of men.

And they will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with its openings; and he will deliver from Assyria when he comes into our land, and when he tramples within our border.

And the remnant of Ya'aqov will be among many peoples like dew from יהוה, like showers on the grass, which does not wait for man, nor does it hope for the sons of Adam.

And the remnant of Ya'aqov will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, if it passes through, will trample and tear, and there is no deliverer.

Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies will be cut off.

And it will be in that day, declares יהוה, that I will cut off your horses from among you and destroy your chariots.

And I will cut off the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses.

And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and diviners you will not have.

And I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands.

And I will tear out your Asherah poles from among you and destroy your cities.

And I will execute vengeance in fury and in wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed.