61 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
61 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 5
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1 Now gather yourself in troops,
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O daughter of troops;
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He has laid siege against us;
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They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
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2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
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Though you are little among the thousands of Judah,
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Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
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The One to be Ruler in Israel,
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Whose goings forth are from of old,
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From everlasting.”
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3 Therefore He shall give them up,
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Until the time that she who is in labor has given birth;
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Then the remnant of His brethren
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Shall return to the children of Israel.
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4 And He shall stand and feed His flock
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In the strength of the Lord,
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In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God;
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And they shall abide,
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For now He shall be great
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To the ends of the earth;
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5 And this One shall be peace.
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When the Assyrian comes into our land,
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And when he treads in our palaces,
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Then we will raise against him
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Seven shepherds and eight princely men.
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6 They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria,
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And the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
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Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian,
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When he comes into our land
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And when he treads within our borders.
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7 Then the remnant of Jacob
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Shall be in the midst of many peoples,
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Like dew from the Lord,
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Like showers on the grass,
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That tarry for no man
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Nor wait for the sons of men.
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8 And the remnant of Jacob
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Shall be among the Gentiles,
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In the midst of many peoples,
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Like a lion among the beasts of the forest,
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Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
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Who, if he passes through,
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Both treads down and tears in pieces,
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And none can deliver.
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9 Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries,
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And all your enemies shall be cut off.
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10 “And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord,
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“That I will cut off your horses from your midst
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And destroy your chariots.
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11 I will cut off the cities of your land
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And throw down all your strongholds.
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12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
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And you shall have no soothsayers.
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13 Your carved images I will also cut off,
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And your sacred pillars from your midst;
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You shall no more worship the work of your hands;
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14 I will pluck your wooden images from your midst;
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Thus I will destroy your cities.
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15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury
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On the nations that have not heard.” |