1Now cut yourself, daughter of a raiding band; a siege has been set against us; with the staff they strike the judge of Israel upon the cheek.2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; and his origins are from of old, from ancient days.3Therefore he will give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.4And he shall stand and shepherd in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.5And this shall be peace: when Assyria comes into our land and treads in our citadels, we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men.