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<center><small>''Birth of Christ foretold.<br/>His kingdom, and conquest.<br/>710 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center>

<center><small>''Birth of Christ foretold.<br/>His kingdom, and conquest.<br/>710 B.C. (?)''<ref>after Bishop [[James Ussher]]</ref></small></center>

'''1'''  Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

'''1'''  Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

'''2'''  But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, ''though'' thou be little among the thousands of Judah, ''yet'' out of thee shall he come forth unto me ''that is'' to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth ''have been'' from of old, from everlasting.

'''2'''  But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, ''though'' thou be little among the thousands of Judah, ''yet'' out of thee shall he come forth unto me ''that is'' to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth ''have been'' from of old, from everlasting.<ref>This prophesizes the birth of [[Jesus]] in [[Bethlehem]], see Matthew 2:1–6 and John 7:40–43.</ref>

'''3'''  Therefore will he give them up, until the time ''that'' she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

'''3'''  Therefore will he give them up, until the time ''that'' she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.