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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1 "Now marshal yourselves as troops. He has laid siege to us. They will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2 "As for you, Bethlehem of Ephrathah, even though you remain least among the clans of Judah, nevertheless, the one who rules in Israel for me will emerge from you. His existence has been from antiquity, even from eternity. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Therefore that ruler will abandon them until the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his countrymen will return to the Israelis." |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Then he will take his stand, shepherding by means of the strength of the LORD, by the power of the name of the LORD his God. And they will be firmly established; indeed, from then on he will become great— to the ends of the earth. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5And he will be our peace." "When the Assyrian invades our land, trampling through our palaces, we will raise up seven shepherds against him, even eight significant men. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The shepherds will devastate the land of Assyria with the sword, along with the entrances to the land of Nimrod. "This is how he will vanquish Assyria when he invades our land, trampling within our borders: |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The survivors of Jacob will live among many peoples, as dew from the LORD, as showers upon the grass. They will look to no one, and will place no hope in human beings. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The survivors of Jacob will live among the nations; they will live among many peoples, like a lion among flocks of sheep, who, if he passes through, will trample and tear down with no one to deliver. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9You will turn your power against your adversaries, and all of your enemies will be cut down." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"It will come about at that time," declares the LORD, "I will tear away your horses from you, and I will destroy your chariots. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11I will cut off the cities of your land, and I will tear down all of your fortifications. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12I will render your witchcraft powerless, and mediums will no longer exist among you. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13I will separate you from your carved images and sacred pillars, and you no longer will worship what you've made with your hands. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I will uproot your cultic gods from you, and I will tear down your cities. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I will execute vengeance, anger, and fury on the nations who do not obey." |
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