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4:14 Now troop together, O daughter of troops ; he has set a siege against us ; with a scepter they shall smite the jaw of the judge of Israel .
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1 But thou◦, Bethlehem Ephratah , though thou be little among◦ the thousands of Judah , yet from thee shall He go··out to Me to be ruler in Israel ; and His goings··out have been from ancient times, from the days of eternity.
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2 Therefore will He give them up, until the time that she who is giving ··birth gives ··birth , and the remnant of His brothers shall return to the sons of Israel .
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3 And He shall stand and shepherd in the strength of Jehovah , in the excellence of the name of Jehovah His God ; and they shall sit ··down, for now shall He be··great, even··to the ends◦ of the earth .
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4 And this shall be peace , when◦ Assyria shall come into our land ; and when◦ he shall tread in our palaces , and we shall raise··up against him seven shepherds , and eight princes◦ of man.
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5 And they shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword , and the land of Nimrod in her entrances; and He shall rescue us from Assyria, when◦ he comes into our land , and when◦ he treads our borders .
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6 And those who··are··left of Jacob shall be in the midst◦ of many peoples as a dew from Jehovah , as the raindrops on the herb , that waits not for a man ◦, nor waits··with··hope for the sons of man .
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7 And those who··are··left of Jacob shall be among◦ the nations in the midst◦ of many people , as a lion among◦ the beasts of the forest , as a young··lion among◦ the droves of the flock , which, if he pass ··through, both tramples and tears, and none can rescue.
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8 Thy hand shall be exalted above thine adversaries , and all thine enemies shall be cut··off.
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9 And it shall be in that◦ day , says ◦ Jehovah , that I will cut··off thy horses from among thee, and I will make thy chariots perish;
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10 and I will cut··off the cities of thy land , and I will break··down all thy fortresses;
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11 and I will cut··off sorceries from thy hand , and there will not be wizards for thee;
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12 and I will cut··off thy graven images , and thy statues from among thee; and thou shalt no◦ more◦ worship what··is··made by thy hands .
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13 And I will pluck··up thy groves from the midst◦ of thee; and I will blot··out thy cities .
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14 And I will do vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations , such as they have not heard .