1. (4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers!We are besieged!With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruleron the side of his face.
2. (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf,one whose origins are in the distant past.
3. So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth.Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will returnto be reunited with the people of Israel.