2. Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah;One will come from you to be ruler over Israel for Me. His origin is from antiquity, from eternity.
3. Therefore, He will abandon them until the timewhen she who is in labor has given birth;then the rest of His brothers will returnto the people of Israel.
4. He will stand and shepherd them in the strength of Yahweh,in the majestic name of Yahweh His God.They will live securely,for then His greatness will extendto the ends of the earth.