¹ Now you shall gather yourself in troops,
daughter of troops. ² But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, ³ Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. ⁴ He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of the LORD, ⁵ He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land ⁶ They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, ⁷ The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples ⁸ The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, ⁹ Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, ¹⁰ “It will happen in that day”, says the LORD,
“that I will cut off your horses from among you ¹¹ I will cut off the cities of your land ¹² I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. ¹³ I will cut off your engraved images and your pillars from among you; ¹⁴ I will uproot your Asherah poles from among you; ¹⁵ I will execute vengeance in anger
and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”