¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah,^(A)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,^[a]
until he to whom it belongs^[b] shall come^(B)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.^(C)

² “But you, Bethlehem^(A) Ephrathah,^(B)
    though you are small among the clans^[a] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
    one who will be ruler^(C) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,^(D)
    from ancient times.”^(E)