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\c 5
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\q
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\v 1 Now come together in battle ranks,
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\q people of Jerusalem.
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\q A wall is around your city,
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\q but they will strike the leader of Israel
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\q with a rod on the cheek.
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\q
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\v 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
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\q even though you are small among the clans of Judah,
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\q out of you one will come to me
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\q to rule in Israel,
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\q whose beginning is from ancient times,
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\q from everlasting.
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\q
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\v 3 Therefore God will give them up,
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\q until the time when she who is in labor bears a child,
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\q and the rest of his brothers return to the people of Israel.
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\q
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\v 4 He will stand
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\q and shepherd his flock in the strength of Yahweh,
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\q in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God.
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\q They will remain,
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\q for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
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\q
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\v 5 He will be our peace.
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\q When the Assyrians come into our land,
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\q when they march against our fortresses,
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\q then we will raise against them seven shepherds
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\q and eight leaders over men.
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\q
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\v 6 These men will rule the land of Assyria with the sword,
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\q and the land of Nimrod with swords in their hands.
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\q He will rescue us from the Assyrians,
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\q when they come into our land,
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\q when they march inside our borders.
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\q
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\v 7 The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples,
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\q like dew from Yahweh,
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\q like showers on the grass,
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\q that do not wait for man,
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\q not for human beings.
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\q
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\v 8 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
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\q among many peoples,
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\q like a lion among the animals of the forest,
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\q like a young lion among the flocks of sheep.
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\q When he goes through them,
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\q he will trample over them and tear them to pieces,
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\q and there will be no one to save them.
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\q
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\v 9 Your hand will be lifted against your enemies,
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\q and it will destroy them.
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\v 10 "It will happen in that day," says Yahweh,
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\q "that I will destroy your horses among you
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\q and will demolish your chariots.
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\q
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\v 11 I will destroy the cities in your land
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\q and throw down all your strongholds.
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\q
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\v 12 I will destroy the witchcraft in your hand,
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\q and you will no longer have any diviners.
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\q
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\v 13 I will destroy your carved figures
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\q and your stone pillars among you.
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\q You will no longer worship the workmanship of your hands.
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\q
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\v 14 I will uproot your Asherah poles among you,
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\q and I will destroy your cities.
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\q
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\v 15 I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath
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\q on the nations that have not listened."
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