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L
ORD
, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in
his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the L
ORD
from Jerusalem.
3
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
4
But they shall sit every man under his vine
and under his fig tree; and none shall make
them
afraid: for the mouth of the L
ORD
of hosts hath
spoken
it.
5
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the
name of the L
ORD
our God for ever and ever.
6
In that day, saith the L
ORD
, will I assemble her that
halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
7
And I will make her
that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the L
ORD
shall reign over
them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
8
And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come,
even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
9
Now why dost
thou cry out aloud?
is there
no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee
as a woman in travail.
10
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman
in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou
shalt go
even
to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the L
ORD
shall redeem thee from the
hand of thine enemies.
11
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye
look upon Zion.
12
But they know not the thoughts of the L
ORD
, neither understand they his counsel:
for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
13
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for
I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many
people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the L
ORD
, and their substance unto the Lord of the
whole earth.
CHAPTER 5
Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite
the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah,
though
thou be little
among the thousands of Judah,
yet
out of thee shall he come forth unto me
that is
to be ruler in
Israel; whose goings forth
have been
from of old, from everlasting.
3
Therefore will he give them
up, until the time
that
she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall
return unto the children of Israel.
4
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the L
ORD
, in the majesty of the name of the L
ORD
his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
5
And this
man
shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our
palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
6
And they shall
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