NOW gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite את the judge of Yashar'el with a rod upon the cheek.
But you, Beyt Lechem Ephrathah, though you be little among the thousands of Yahudah, yet out of you shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Yashar'el; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travails has brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Yashar'el.
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of Yahuah, in the majesty of the name of Yahuah Elohayu; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
And this man shall be the peace, when Ashshur 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.
And they shall waste the land of Ashshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from Ashshur, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders.
And the remnant of Ya`aqov shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from Yahuah, as the showers upon the grass, that tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men.
And the remnant of Ya`aqov shall be among the other nations 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 treads down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver.
Your hand shall be lifted up upon your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
And it shall come to pass in that day, says Yahuah, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and I will destroy your chariots:
And I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strongholds:
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and you shall have no more soothsayers:
Your graven images also will I cut off, and your standing images out of the midst of you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.
And I will pluck up your Asherah poles out of the midst of you: so will I destroy your cities.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.