2 “But you, ^aBethlehem ^bEphrathah,
Though you are little ^camong the ^dthousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be ^eRuler in Israel,
^fWhose goings forth are from¹ of old,
From everlasting.” ‡

3 Therefore He shall give them up,
Until the time that ^ashe who is in labor has given birth;
Then ^bthe remnant of His brethren
Shall return to the children of Israel. ‡