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5 (1) And you, O Bethlehem of Ephrath,
Least among the clans of Judah,
From you one shall come forth
To rule Israel for Me—
One whose origin is from of old,
From ancient times. (2) Truly, He will leave them [helpless]
Until she who is to bear has borne;
Then the rest of his countrymen
Shall return to the children of Israel. (3) He shall stand and shepherd
By the might of the LORD,
By the power of the name
Of the LORD his God,
And they shall dwell [secure].
For lo, he shall wax great
To the ends of the earth; (4) And that shall afford safety.
Should Assyria invade our land
And tread upon our fortresses,
We will set up over it seven shepherds,
Eight princes of men, (5) Who will shepherd Assyria’s land with swords,
The land of Nimrod in its gates.
Thus he will deliver [us]
From Assyria, should it invade our land,
And should it trample our country.
(6) The remnant of Jacob shall be,
In the midst of the many peoples,
Like dew from the LORD,
Like droplets on grass—
Which do not look to any man
Nor place their hope in mortals.
(7) The remnant of Jacob
Shall be among the nations,
In the midst of the many peoples,
Like a lion among beasts of the wild,
Like a fierce lion among flocks of sheep,
Which tramples wherever it goes
And rends, with none to deliver. (8) Your hand shall prevail over your foes,
And all your enemies shall be cut down! (9) In that day
—declares the LORD—
I will destroy the horses in your midst
And wreck your chariots. (10) I will destroy the cities of your land
And demolish all your fortresses. (11) I will destroy the sorcery you practice,
And you shall have no more soothsayers. (12) I will destroy your idols
And the sacred pillars in your midst;
And no more shall you bow down
To the work of your hands. (13) I will tear down the sacred posts in your midst
And destroy your cities. (14) In anger and wrath
Will I wreak retribution
On the nations that have not obeyed.
6 (1) Hear what the LORD is saying:
Come, present [My] case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear you pleading.
(2) Hear, you mountains, the case of the LORD—
You firm foundations of the earth!
For the LORD has a case against His people,
He has a suit against Israel.
(3) “My people!
What wrong have I done you?
What hardship have I caused you?
Testify against Me. (4) In fact,
I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage,
And I sent before you
Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
(5) “My people,
Remember what Balak king of Moab
Plotted against you,
And how Balaam son of Beor
Responded to him.
[Recall your passage]
From Shittim to Gilgal—
And you will recognize
The gracious acts of the LORD.”
(6) With what shall I approach the LORD,
Do homage to God on high?
Shall I approach Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old? (7) Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
With myriads of streams of oil?
Shall I give my first-born for my transgression,
The fruit of my body for my sins?
(8) “He has told you, O man, what is good,
And what the LORD requires of you:
Only to do justice
And to love goodness,
And to walk modestly with your God; (9) Then will your name achieve wisdom.”
Hark! The LORD
Summons the city:
Hear, O scepter;
For who can direct her (10) but you?
Will I overlook, in the wicked man’s house,
The granaries of wickedness
And the accursed short *ephah*? (11) Shall he be acquitted despite wicked balances
And a bag of fraudulent weights?— (12) Whose rich men are full of lawlessness,
And whose inhabitants speak treachery,
With tongues of deceit in their mouths.
(13) I, in turn, have beaten you sore,
Have stunned [you] for your sins: (14) You have been eating without getting your fill,
And there is a gnawing at your vitals;
You have been conceiving without bearing young,
And what you bore I would deliver to the sword. (15) You have been sowing, but have nothing to reap;
You have trod olives, but have no oil for rubbing,
And grapes but have no wine to drink. (16) Yet you have kept the laws of Omri,
And all the practices of the House of Ahab,
And have followed what they devised.
Therefore I will make you an object of horror
And her inhabitants an object of hissing;
And you shall bear the mockery of peoples.
Version: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, published by JPS
Source: https://jps.org/books/tanakh-the-holy-scriptures-blue/
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