“Behold, this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
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“And thou, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, art too few in number to be reckoned with the thousands of Judah; yet out of thee shall come forth to Me, one who is to be a ruler in Israel, and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity
“And thou, Bethlehem, house of Ephratha, art too few in number to be reckoned with the thousands of Judah; yet out of thee shall come forth to Me, one who is to be a ruler in Israel, and His goings forth were from the beginning, even from eternity
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be grieved, but your grief will turn into joy. A woman, when she gives birth, experiences grief because her hour has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy, because a human being has been born into the world. And so you now experience grief, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
“Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field and Jerusalem shall become as heaps
“The Holy Spirit will come down upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the one born of you will be called holy, the Son of God
“he prophesied that the Christ would be born in Bethlehem
“Thus said the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field and Jerusalem shall become heaps and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
“The end of all flesh is come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence.