5 ^[a]Now, daughter who is under attack,
you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge^(A) of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.
^2 [b]Bethlehem Ephrathah,^(B)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you^(C)
to be ruler over Israel for Me.^(D)
His origin^[c] is from antiquity,^(E)
from eternity.^[d]