² “But you, ^(A)Bethlehem ^(B)Ephrathah,
Though you are little ^(C)among the ^(D)thousands of Judah,
Yet out of you shall come forth to Me
The One to be ^(E)Ruler in Israel,
^(F)Whose goings forth are from of old,
From ^[a]everlasting.”

^22 (A)A little one shall become a thousand,
And a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

^2 (A)The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
^3 (B)Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God! Selah