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  5:1 ¶
Now shall the daughter [of Zion{gr.Sion}] be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. |
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5:1 ¶
Nowº
gatherºº
thyself in troops,ºº
O daughterº
of troops:º
he hath laidºº
siegeº
againstº
us: they shall smiteººº
the judgeºº
of Israelº
with a rodº
uponº
the cheek.º |
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5:2
And thou, Bethlehem{gr.Bethleem}, house of Ephrath{gr.Ephratha}, art few in number to be [reckoned] among the thousands of Judah{gr.Juda}; [yet] out of thee shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, [even] from eternity. |
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5:2
But thou,º
Bethlehemº
Ephratah,º
[though] thou beº
littleº
among the thousandsº
of Judah,º
[yet] out ofº
thee shall he come forthºº
unto me [that is] to beº
rulerºº
in Israel;º
whose goings forthº
[have been] from of old,ºº
from everlasting.ººº |
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5:3
Therefore shall he appoint them [to wait] till the time of her that travails: she shall bring forth, and [then] the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel. |
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5:3
Thereforeº
will he give them up,ºº
untilº
the timeº
[that] she which travailethºº
hath brought forth:ºº
then the remnantº
of his brethrenº
shall returnºº
untoº
the childrenº
of Israel.º |
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5:4 ¶
And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth. |
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5:4 ¶
And he shall standºº
and feedºº
in the strengthº
of Yahweh,º
in the majestyº
of the nameº
of Yahwehº
his Elohim;º
and they shall abide:ºº
forº
nowº
shall he be greatºº
untoº
the endsº
of the earth.º |
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5:5
And she shall have peace when Asshur{gr.Assur} shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men. |
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5:5
And thisº
[man] shall beº
the peace,º
whenº
the Assyrianº
shall comeºº
into our land:º
and whenº
he shall treadºº
in our palaces,º
then shall we raiseºº
againstº
him sevenº
shepherds,ºº
and eightº
principalº
men.º |
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5:6
And they shall tend the Assyrian with a sword, and the land of Nebrod with her trench: and he shall deliver [you] from the Assyrian, when he shall come upon your land, and when he shall invade your coasts. |
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5:6
And they shall wasteºººº
the landº
of Assyriaº
with the sword,º
and the landº
of Nimrodº
in the entrancesº
thereof: thus shall he deliverºº
[us] fromº
the Assyrian,º
whenº
he comethºº
into our land,º
and whenº
he treadethºº
within our borders.º |
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5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men. |
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5:7
And the remnantº
of Jacobº
shall beº
in the midstº
of manyº
peopleº
as a dewº
fromºº
Yahweh,º
as the showersº
uponº
the grass,º
thatº
tarriethºº
notº
for man,º
norº
waitethºº
for the sonsº
of men.º |
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5:8 ¶
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a [lion's] whelp among the flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off [his prey], and there is none to deliver. |
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5:8 ¶
And the remnantº
of Jacobº
shall beº
among the Gentilesº
in the midstº
of manyº
peopleº
as a lionº
among the beastsº
of the forest,º
as a young lionº
among the flocksº
of sheep:º
who,º
ifº
he go through,ºº
both treadeth down,ºº
and teareth in pieces,ºº
and noneº
can deliver.ºº |
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5:9
Thine hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict thee, and all thine enemies shall be utterly destroyed. |
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5:9
Thine handº
shall be lifted upºº
uponº
thine adversaries,º
and allº
thine enemiesºº
shall be cut off.ºº |
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5:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, [that] I will utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of thee, and destroy thy chariots; |
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5:10
And it shall come to passº
in thatº
day,º
saithºº
Yahweh,º
that I will cut offºº
thy horsesº
out of the midstºº
of thee, and I will destroyºº
thy chariots:º |
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5:11
and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds: |
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5:11
And I will cut offºº
the citiesººº
of thy land,º
and throw downºº
allº
thy strong holds:º |
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5:12
and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in thee. |
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5:12
And I will cut offºº
witchcraftsº
out of thine hand;ºº
and thou shalt haveº
noº
[more] soothsayers:ºº |
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5:13
And I will utterly destroy thy graven images, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt never any more worship the works of thine hands. |
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5:13
Thy graven imagesº
also will I cut off,ºº
and thy standing imagesº
out of the midstºº
of thee; and thou shalt noº
moreº
worshipºº
the workº
of thine hands.º |
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5:14
And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities. |
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5:14
And I will pluck upºº
thy grovesº
out of the midstºº
of thee: so will I destroyºº
thy cities.ººº |
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5:15
And I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not. |
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5:15
And I will executeºº
vengeanceº
in angerº
and furyº
uponº
the heathen,º
such asº
they have notº
heard.ºº |
