(Matthew 2:1–12)
1
Nowe assemble thy garisons, O daughter of he hath layed siege against they shall smite the iudge of Israel with a rod vpon the cheeke.
2
And thou Beth-leem Ephrathah art litle to bee among the thousandes of Iudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth vnto me, that shalbe the ruler in whose goings forth haue bene from the beginning and from euerlasting.
3
Therefore will he giue them vp, vntill the time that shee which shall beare, shall then the remnant of their brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israel.
4
And he shall stand, and feed in the strength of the Lord, and in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God, and they shall dwel for now shall he be magnified vnto the ends of the world.
5
And hee shall be our peace when Asshur shall come into our when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seuen shepheardes, and eight principall men.
6
And they shall destroy Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with their thus shall he deliuer vs from Asshur, when hee commeth into our lande, and when he shall tread within our borders.
The Remnant of Jacob
(Micah 2:12–13)
7
And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among many people, as a dewe from the Lord, and as the showres vpon the grasse, that waiteth not for man, nor hopeth in the sonnes of Adam.
8
And the remnant of Iaakob shalbe among the Gentiles in the middes of many people, as the lyon among the beastes of the forest, and as the lyons whelpe among the flockes of sheepe, who when he goeth thorow, treadeth downe and teareth in pieces, and none can deliuer.
9
Thine hand shall bee lift vp vpon thine aduersaries, and all thine enemies shalbe cut off.
10
And it shall come to passe in that day, sayth the Lord, that I will cut off thine horses out of the middes of thee, and I will destroy thy charets.
11
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes.
12
And I will cut off thine enchanters out of thine and thou shalt haue no more southsayers.
13
Thine idoles also will I cut off, and thine images out of the middes of and thou shalt no more worship the woorke of thine hands.
14
And I wil plucke vp thy groues out of the middes of so will I destroy thine enemies.
15
And I will execute a vegeance in my wrath and indignation vpon the heathen, which they haue not heard.