Michoh 5

¹But thou, Beit-Lechem Ephratah,

though thou be little among the Alphei Yehudah (Thousands of Yehudah) ,

yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me

that is to be Moshel Yisroel;

whose goings forth have been mikedem (from everlasting) ,

mimei olam (from the days of eternity) .

²Therefore will He give them up,

until the Et Yoledah (time when she who is in labor) hath brought forth;

then the rest of His Brethren

shall return unto Bnei Yisroel.

³And He shall stand and shall shepherd in the strength of Hashem ,[#5:3a Moshiach]

in the majesty of the Shem of Hashem Elohav,

and they shall live;

for then shall He be great unto the ends of ha'aretz.

⁴And this shall be Shalom.

When the Assyrian shall invade our land;

and when he shall set foot on our armenot (citadels) ,

then shall we raise against him shivah ro'im (seven shepherds) ,

and shmoneh nesikhei adam (eight leaders [tribal princes] of men) .

⁵And they shall shepherd Eretz Ashur (Assyria) with the cherev,

and Eretz Nimrod at its gates;

thus shall He deliver us from the Assyrian,

when he cometh into our land,

and when he sets foot within our borders.

⁶And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be in the midst of many people

like tal (dew) from Hashem , like the showers upon the grass,

that doth not await manʼs bidding,

nor tarry for the bnei adam.

⁷And the She'erit Ya'akov shall be among the Goyim

in the midst of many people

like an aryeh among the beasts of the forest,

like a young lion among the edrei tzon (flocks of sheep) ;

who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces,

and none can deliver.

⁸Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries,

and kol oyvecha (all thine enemies) shall be cut off.

⁹And it shall come to pass in Yom HaHu, saith Hashem ,

that I will cut off thy susim out of the midst of thee,

and I will destroy thy merkavot (chariots) ;

¹⁰And I will cut off the cities of thy land,

and throw down all thy mivtzarim (fortresses) ;

¹¹And I will cut off keshafim (witchcrafts) out of thine hand; n tsvishen dir,

un vest zich mer nisht b

and thou shalt have no more sorcerers;

¹²Thy graven images also will I cut off,

and thy sacred pillars out of the midst of thee;

and lo tishtachaveh (thou shalt no more bow down to, worship) the work of thine hands.

¹³And I will pluck up thy Asherim out of the midst of thee;[#5:13 i.e., sacred poles of the Asherah cult of Canaan]

so will I destroy thy cities.

¹⁴And I will execute vengeance

in anger and fury

upon the Goyim that were without mishma'at (obedience) .