² But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

⁶ I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

⁶⁷ Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

³⁰ And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.