1The birth of Christ foretold: 4his kingdom: 8his complete conquest over his enemies.
1NOW agather thyself in troops, O bdaughter of troops: che hath laid siege against us: they dshall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
a Je. 25.9,10; 4.7. b Ge. 10.9,10. Je. 51.20-23. Is. 14.6,16,17. c Je. 6.3-6. De. 28.52-57. Le. 26.25. 2Ki. 24.10; 25.1-3. d Mat. 27.30. La. 3.30. Je. 39.5-7. Job 16.10. 1Ki. 22.24.
2But thou, eBeth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the fthousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be gruler in Israel; whose hgoings forth have been from of old, from 1everlasting.
1Heb. the days of eternity.
e Mat. 2.6. Jn. 7.42. Lu. 2.4,6,7. Ge. 35.19. Ps. 132.6. f Ex. 18.21-25. Ju. 6.15. 1Sa. 10.19; 23.23. g Ge. 49.10. Is. 9.6,7; 11.1-5. Zec. 9.9. Je. 23.5,6. Mat. 28.18. h Jn. 1.1. Col. 1.17. Ps. 90.2; 2.7. Pr. 8.22,23. 1Pe. 1.20. Ho. 6.3.
3Therefore will he igive them up, until the time that she which *travaileth jhath brought forth: then the kremnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
*travaileth-labours in childbirth.
i ch.4.10; 7.13. Eze. 21.25-27. Ho. 3.3,4. j ch.4.10. Is. 66.7,8, or Is. 7.14. Mat. 1.21, or Ga. 4.27. Re. 12.5; 11.11-15. k Je. 3.18; 31.1-9,20. He. 2.11,12. Jn. 10.16. Is. 11.10. Ep. 5.30. v.7,8.
4¶And lhe shall stand and 2feed in the strength of the LORD, min the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall nabide: for now oshall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
2Or, rule.
l Ps. 2.6; 89.20-28. Is. 40.11. Eze. 34.23,24. Mat. 28.18; 7.29. Is. 50.4,7,9. m Ex. 23.21. Ps. 45.3-5. Is. 49.3. Jn. 13.31,32; 10.38; 5.22-27,43. n Mat. 16.18. Jn. 10.28,29. Jude 1. o Ps. 22.27-31; 72.8-11. Re. 11.15. Zec. 9.10.
5And this man shall be pthe peace, qwhen the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him rseven shepherds, and eight 3principal men.
3Heb. princes of men.
p Ep. 2.13-17. Col. 1.20. Lu. 2.14. Zec. 9.10. Ps. 72.7. Is. 9.6,7. q Is. 8.7-10; 37.35-37. Ps. 110.5,6. Re. 12; 13; 20. Eze. 38. r Je. 6.3; 25.34. Is. 44.28. Je. 51.27,28.
6And sthey shall 4waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod 5in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he tcometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
4Heb. eat up.
5Heb. with her own naked swords.
s Na. 1-3. Is. 13; 14; 21; 47. Je. 50; 51. Lu. 1.71,74. t 2Ki. 18; 19; 24; 25. 2Ch. 33.11. Re. 12; 13; 20. Eze. 38; 39.
7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people uas a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that vtarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
u De. 32.2. Ho. 14.5-8; 6.3. Is. 30.25; 32.15-18; 44.3-5; 49.12-23; 60-62; 65; 66; 19.24; 2.3. Ps. 72.6; 103.3-5; 68.9. 2Ch. 30. Ac. 2.1. Ro. 11.12,15. 1Co. 3.6. 2Co. 2.15. v Je. 14.22. Is. 55.10; 30.21. Ac. 16.6,7,10. Ro. 5.20,21. 1Ti. 1.16.
8¶And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people was a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of 6sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
6Or, goats.
w Ps. 45.16. Is. 41.15,16. ch. 4.13. Ob. 18,19. Zec. 12.6. Re. 11.5,6. Ps. 110.5,6. 2Co. 10.4,5. 1Jn. 5.4,5. Ro. 8.37.
9xThine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
x Is. 37.22,36; 14.1-3; 13; 14; 21; 26.11. Je. 50; 51. Eze. 38; 39. Is. 11.14. Am. 9.12. Ob. 17-21. ch. 4.13. Zec. 9.13,16; 10.4-12; 12.2-9; 14.2-5. Re. 6; 11; 12; 14; 16; 19; 20.
10And it shall come to pass yin that day, saith the LORD, that zI will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
y Is. 2.11. z Ho. 1.7; 14.3. Zec. 9.10; 4.6. Ps. 33.16,17; 20.5-8. Eze. 38.11. Ac. 4.12. Je. 3.23,24. Hag. 2.22.
11And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
12And I will cut off awitchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more b*soothsayers:
*soothsayers-those who profess to foretell the future.
a Is. 8.19; 2.6-8; 1.25-27; 47.9,12. Re. 18.23; 22.15. Ga. 3.1. v.13. 2Ki. 9.22. Na. 3.4. b De. 18.10.
13Thy cgraven images also will I cut off, and thy 7standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
7Or, statues.
c Is. 1.29; 2.18-21; 17.7,8. Eze. 6.8,9; 36.25; 37.27. Ho. 2.16; 14.3,8. Zec. 13.2.
14And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy 8cities.
8Or, enemies.
15And dI will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
d Ps. 110.5,6. Is. 10.16-19,25,34; 13-21; 23; 26.11. Na. 1-3. Je. 25; 46-51. Eze. 25-32; 35; 38; 39. Da. 7; 8; 11; 12.1. Mat. 24. Re. 6; 8; 9; 11; 14; 16; 19; 20. v.6,8,9. Ps. 149.7. 2Th. 1.8.