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| Chapter 5
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Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid
siege against us: they shall 1smite the judge of Israel
with a rod upon the cheek.
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Matt 26:67,
Luke 22:63
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But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little
among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that
is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from
everlasting.
Mt 2:6
John 7:42
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Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth
hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the
children of Israel. |
4 | And he shall stand and feed in the
strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his
God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends
of the earth. |
5 | And this man shall be the peace, when
the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in
our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and
eight principal men. |
6 | And they shall
waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in
the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian,
when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our
borders. |
7 | And the remnant of Jacob shall be in
the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon
the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of
men. |
8 | And the remnant of Jacob shall be among
the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts
of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he
go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can
deliver. |
9 | Thine hand shall be lifted up upon
thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. |
10 | And it shall come to pass in that day,
saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of
thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: |
11 | And
I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong
holds: |
12 | And I will cut
off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more
soothsayers: |
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Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the
midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. |
14 |
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy
thy cities. |
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And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,
such as they have not heard. |