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DECEMBER 20
“I will assemble the lame, 3 Therefore He shall give them up,
I will gather the outcast Until the time that she who is in labor
And those whom I have afflicted; has given birth;
7 I will make the lame a remnant, Then the remnant of His brethren
And the outcast a strong nation; Shall return to the children of Israel.
So the LORD will reign over them in 4 And He shall stand and feed His flock
Mount Zion In the strength of the LORD,
From now on, even forever. In the majesty of the name of the LORD
And you, O tower of the flock,
8 His God;
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion, And they shall abide,
To you shall it come, For now He shall be great
Even the former dominion shall come, To the ends of the earth;
5 And this One shall be peace.
The kingdom of the daughter
of Jerusalem.” When the Assyrian comes into our land,
Now why do you cry aloud?
9 And when he treads in our palaces,
Is there no king in your midst? Then we will raise against him
Has your counselor perished? Seven shepherds and eight princely
For pangs have seized you like a 6 men.
woman in labor. They shall waste with the sword the
10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, land of Assyria,
O daughter of Zion, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances;
Like a woman in birth pangs. Thus He shall deliver us from
For now you shall go forth from the city, the Assyrian,
You shall dwell in the field, When he comes into our land
And to Babylon you shall go. And when he treads within our borders.
There you shall be delivered; 7 Then the remnant of Jacob
There the LORD will redeem you Shall be in the midst of many peoples,
From the hand of your enemies. Like dew from the LORD,
Now also many nations have gathered
11 Like showers on the grass,
against you, That tarry for no man
Who say, “Let her be defiled, Nor wait for the sons of men.
8 And the remnant of Jacob
And let our eye look upon Zion.”
12 Shall be among the Gentiles,
But they do not know the thoughts of
the LORD, In the midst of many peoples,
Nor do they understand His counsel; Like a lion among the beasts of the
For He will gather them like sheaves to forest,
the threshing floor. Like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
Who, if he passes through,
“Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion;
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For I will make your horn iron, Both treads down and tears in pieces,
And I will make your hooves bronze; 9 And none can deliver.
You shall beat in pieces many peoples; Your hand shall be lifted against your
I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, adversaries,
And their substance to the Lord of the And all your enemies shall be cut off.
whole earth.” 10
“And it shall be in that day,” says the
LORD,
5 Now gather yourself in troops, “That I will cut off your horses from
O daughter of troops;
He has laid siege against us; your midst
They will strike the judge of Israel with And destroy your chariots.
a rod on the cheek. 11 I will cut off the cities of your land
2 And throw down all your strongholds.
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
12 I will cut off sorceries from your hand,
Though you are little among the
thousands of Judah, And you shall have no soothsayers.
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me 13 Your carved images I will also cut off,
The One to be Ruler in Israel, And your sacred pillars from your midst;
Whose goings forth are from of old, You shall no more worship the work of
From everlasting.” your hands;
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