1. Now muster your troops, Daughter Troop!They have laid siege against us;with a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
2. As for you, Bethlehem of Ephrathah,though you are the least significant of Judah’s forces,one who is to be a ruler in Israel on my behalf will come out from you.His origin is from remote times, from ancient days.
3. Therefore, he will give them upuntil the time when she who is in labor gives birth.The rest of his kin will return to the people of Israel.