A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem1In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14. Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.
2“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans Or rulers of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”