From Defeated Ruler to Conquering King 1Now, daughter who is under attack, you slash yourself in grief; They are striking the judgea of Israel you are small among the clans of Judah; to be ruler over Israel for Me.e His originf is from antiquity,g 3Therefore, He will abandon themi until the time when she who is in laborj has given birth; then the rest of His brothersk will return 4He will stand and shepherd themm in the majestic name of Yahweh His God. They will live securely, for then His greatness will extend When Assyria invades our land,p when it marches against our fortresses, we will raise against it seven shepherds, 6They will shepherdq the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrodr with a drawn blade.s So He will rescue ust from Assyria when it marches against our territory. The Glorious and Purified Remnant will be among the nations, among many peoples, like a lion among animals of the forest,x like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramplesy and tearsz as it passes through, and there is no one to rescue them.aa 9Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries,ab and all your enemies will be destroyed. this is the LORD’s declaration — I will remove your horses from youac 11I will remove the cities of your landad and tear down all your fortresses.ae 12I will remove sorceries from your hands,af and you will not have any more fortune-tellers. 13I will remove your carved imagesag so that you will not bow down again 14I will pull up the •Asherah polesah from among youai 15I will take vengeance in anger and wrathak against the nations that have not obeyed Me. Footnotes: a. 5:1 1Kg 22:24; Jb 16:10; Lm 3:30 b. 5:2 Mc 5:1 in Hb c. 5:2 Gn 35:19; Ru 4:11; 1Sm 17:12; Mt 2:6 d. 5:2 Is 11:1; Lk 2:4 e. 5:2 2Ch 7:18; Is 11:1; Jr 30:21; Zch 9:9; Mt 2:6 f. 5:2 Lit His going out g. 5:2 Ps 74:2; 102:25; Pr 8:22-23; Hab 1:12 h. 5:2 Or from ancient times i. 5:3 Hs 11:8; Mc 4:10; 7:13 j. 5:3 Mc 4:9-10 k. 5:3 Is 10:20-22; Mc 5:7-8 l. 5:3 Mc 4:6-7 m. 5:4 Is 40:11; 49:9; Ezk 34:13-15,23-24; Mc 7:14 n. 5:4 Is 45:22; 52:10 o. 5:5 Is 9:6 p. 5:5 Is 8:7-8; 10:24-27 q. 5:6 Nah 2:11-13; Zph 2:13 r. 5:6 Gn 10:8-12 s. 5:6 Aq, Vg; MT, Sym read Nimrod at its gateways t. 5:6 Is 14:25; 37:36-37 u. 5:7 Is 10:21; Mc 2:12; 4:7; 7:18 v. 5:7 Dt 32:2; 2Sm 17:12; Ps 110:3; Hs 14:5 w. 5:7 Ps 72:6; Is 44:3 x. 5:8 Gn 49:9; Nm 24:9 y. 5:8 Ps 44:5; Is 41:15-16; Mc 4:13; Zch 10:5 z. 5:8 Hs 5:14 aa. 5:8 Ps 50:22 ab. 5:9 Ps 10:12; 21:8; Is 26:11 ac. 5:10 Dt 17:16; Is 2:7; Hs 14:3 ad. 5:11 Is 1:7; 6:11 ae. 5:11 Is 2:12-17; Hs 10:14; Am 5:9 af. 5:12 Dt 18:10-12; Is 2:6; 8:19 ag. 5:13 Is 2:18,20; 17:8; Ezk 6:9 ah. 5:14 Dt 16:21 ai. 5:14 Ex 34:13; Is 27:9 aj. 5:14 Or shrines ak. 5:15 Is 1:24; 65:12 |