“Now
you are walled about with a wall;
siege is laid against us;
with
a rod they strike upon the cheek
the ruler of Israel.
But
you, O Bethlehem Eph′rathah,
who are little to be among the clans of
Judah,
from
you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel,
whose
origin is from of old,
from ancient days.
Therefore
he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in travail has brought
forth;
then
the rest of his brethren shall return
to the people of Israel.
And
he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his
God.
And
they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
to the ends of the earth.”—Micah 5: 1-4 (Revised Standard Version)
The image accompanying this post is a detail from
the oil painting The Census at Bethlehem,
by the Northern Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569)
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