Chapter 5
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.
gather
Deuteronomy 28:49 2 Kings 24:2 Isaiah 8:9 10:6 Jeremiah 4:7 25:9 Joel 3:9 Habakkuk 1:6 Habakkuk 3:16
he hath
Deuteronomy 28:51-57 2 Kings 25:1-3 Ezekiel 21:21,22 24:2 Luke 19:43,44
they
Job 16:10 Lamentations 3:30 Matthew 5:39 26:67 27:30 John 18:22 19:3 Acts 23:2 2 Corinthians 11:20
judge
1 Samuel 8:5,6 Isaiah 33:22 Amos 2:3
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.
But thou
Ephratah
Ephrath
Ruth 4:11 1 Samuel 17:12 1 Chronicles 2:50,51,54 4:4 Psalms 132:6
among
thousands
Exodus 18:21,25 Deuteronomy 1:15 1 Samuel 8:12 17:18
yet
Isaiah 11:1 53:2 Ezekiel 17:22-24 Amos 9:11 Luke 2:4-7 1 Corinthians 1:27,28
that is
Genesis 49:10 1 Chronicles 5:2 Isaiah 9:6,7 Jeremiah 13:5,6 Ezekiel 34:23,24 37:22-25 Zechariah 9:9 Matthew 28:18 Luke 1:31-33 23:2,38 John 19:14-22 Revelation 19:16
whose
Psalms 90:2 102:25-27 Proverbs 8:22 John 1:1-3 Colossians 1:17 Hebrews 13:8 1 John 1:1 Revelation 1:11-18 2:8 21:6
everlasting
or, the days of eternity.
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.
Therefore
give
6:14 1 Kings 14:16 2 Chronicles 30:7 Hosea 11:8
she
4:10 Isaiah 66:7,8 Matthew 1:21 Revelation 12:1,2
then
4:7 Isaiah 10:20,21 11:11 Jeremiah 31:1,7-9 Romans 9:27,28 11:4-6
his
Matthew 12:50 25:40 Romans 8:29 Hebrews 1:11,12
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
stand
7:14 Psalms 23:1,2 Isaiah 40:10,11 49:9,10 Ezekiel 34:22-24 John 10:27-30
feed
or, rule.
Matthew 2:6 *marg:
in the majesty
Exodus 23:21 1 Chronicles 29:11,12 Psalms 45:3-6 72:19 93:1 145:12 Matthew 25:31 John 5:22-29 10:38 14:9-11 Revelation 1:13-18
the Lord
shall abide
Matthew 16:18 1 Peter 1:5 Jude 1:1
shall he be great
Psalms 22:27 72:8 98:3 Isaiah 49:5 52:10 Zechariah 9:10 Luke 1:32 Revelation 11:15
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
this
Psalms 72:7 Isaiah 9:6,7 Zechariah 9:10 Luke 2:14 John 14:27 16:33 Ephesians 2:14-17 Colossians 1:20,21
when the
Isaiah 7:14 8:7-10 37:31-36 65:8 Jeremiah 33:15
then
Isaiah 44:28 59:19 Zechariah 1:18-21 9:13 10:3 12:6 Revelation 17:14 19:14
seven
Job 5:19 Proverbs 6:16 30:18,29 Ecclesiastes 11:2 Amos 1:3,6
principal men
Heb. princes of men.
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
they
Isaiah 14:2 33:1 Nahum 2:11-13 3:1-3
waste
Heb. eat up. the land of Nimrod.
Genesis 10:9-11 *marg:
in the entrances thereof
or, with her own naked swords. thus.
the Assyrian
2 Kings 15:29 17:3-5 18:9-15 19:32-35 2 Chronicles 33:11 Isaiah 10:5-12
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
the remnant
3,8 Ezekiel 14:22 Joel 2:32 Amos 5:15 Zephaniah 3:13 Romans 11:5,6
as a dew
Deuteronomy 32:2 Judges 6:36 Psalms 72:6 110:3 Isaiah 32:15 44:3 66:19 Ezekiel 47:1 Hosea 6:3 14:5 Zechariah 14:8 Matthew 28:19 Acts 9:15 11:15 13:46 Romans 11:12 15:19,20 1 Corinthians 3:6
tarrieth
Isaiah 55:10 Jeremiah 14:22 Acts 16:9 Romans 9:30 10:20
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
as a lion
4:13 Psalms 2:8-12 110:5,6 Isaiah 41:15,16 Obadiah 1:18,19 Zechariah 9:15 10:5 Zechariah 12:3 Matthew 10:14 Acts 18:6 2 Corinthians 2:15-17
sheep
or, goats. and none.
Psalms 50:22 Hebrews 2:3 12:25
Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
hand
Psalms 21:8 106:26 Isaiah 1:25 11:14 14:2-4 26:11 33:10 37:36 Luke 19:27 1 Corinthians 15:25 Revelation 19:13-21 20:8,9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
that I
Psalms 20:7,8 33:16,17 Jeremiah 3:23 Hosea 1:7 14:3 Zechariah 9:10
will cut
This seems to refer to those happy times when the Jews shall be converted and restored to their own land: and all their enemies being destroyed, they shall have no further need of cavalry or fenced cities.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
and throw
Isaiah 2:12-17 Ezekiel 38:11 Zechariah 4:6
And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
Isaiah 2:6-8,18,20 8:19,20 27:9 Zechariah 13:2-4 Revelation 19:20 22:15
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
graven
Isaiah 17:7,8 Ezekiel 6:9 36:25 37:23 Hosea 2:16,17 14:3,8
standing images
or, statues. no.
And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
cities
or, enemies.
And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.