Nowgather thyself in troops, O daughterof troops: he hath laidsiegeagainstus: they shall smitethe judgeof Israelwith a roduponthe cheek. But thou, BethlehemEphratah, though thou belittleamong the thousandsof Judah, yet out ofthee shall he come forthunto me that is to berulerin Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Thereforewill he give them up, untilthe time that she which travailethhath brought forth: then the remnantof his brethrenshall returnuntothe childrenof Israel. And he shall standand feedin the strengthof the LORD, in the majestyof the nameof the LORDhis God; and they shall abide: fornowshall he be greatuntothe endsof the earth. And this man shall bethe peace, whenthe Assyrianshall comeinto our land: and whenhe shall treadin our palaces, then shall we raiseagainsthim sevenshepherds, and eightprincipalmen. And they shall wastethe landof Assyriawith the sword, and the landof Nimrodin the entrancesthereof: thus shall he deliver us fromthe Assyrian, whenhe comethinto our land, and whenhe treadethwithin our borders. And the remnantof Jacobshall bein the midstof manypeopleas a dewfromthe LORD, as the showersuponthe grass, thattarriethnotfor man, norwaitethfor the sonsof men. And the remnantof Jacobshall beamong the Gentilesin the midstof manypeopleas a lionamong the beastsof the forest, as a young lionamong the flocksof sheep: who, ifhe go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and nonecan deliver. Thine handshall be lifted upuponthine adversaries, and allthine enemiesshall be cut off. And it shall come to passin thatday, saiththe LORD, that I will cut offthy horsesout of the midstof thee, and I will destroythy chariots: And I will cut offthe citiesof thy land, and throw downallthy strongholds: And I will cut offwitchcraftsout of thine hand; and thou shalt haveno more soothsayers: Thy graven imagesalso will I cut off, and thy standing imagesout of the midstof thee; and thou shalt nomoreworshipthe workof thine hands. And I will pluck upthy grovesout of the midstof thee: so will I destroythy cities. And I will executevengeancein angerand furyupon the heathen, such asthey have notheard.