5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, 1
seemingly insignificant 2 among the clans of Judah –
from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, 3
one whose origins 4 are in the distant past. 5
5:3 So the Lord 6 will hand the people of Israel 7 over to their enemies 8
until the time when the woman in labor 9 gives birth. 10
Then the rest of the king’s 11 countrymen will return
to be reunited with the people of Israel. 12