...consolation of Israel ; and many devout persons rejoiced in the accomplishment of Micah's prediction. — " Thou Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among...ruler in< Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." The jealousy of Herorl was roUsed by the first intelligence of our Redeemer's...

...respecting this city ? But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou belittle among the thousands of Judab, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto me, that...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting. It was on this account therefore, that an overruling Providence made it needful...

...forth," Prov. viii. Further, the express voice of the prophets, " But " thou Bethlehem Ephrateh, though thou be little " among the thousands of Judah, yet...be ruler " in Israel, whose goings forth have been of old, "from everlasting" Micah. " Yet I am the Lord " thy God from the land of Egypt, and than shall...

...most contemptuou» manner, nei'ertheless they shall be destroyed, and Jerusalem shall still continue. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little...thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel ; the Messiah shall be born there, and that shall make it famous...

...and office of our Immanuel in the Old Testament, is to be found in the chapter preceding my text. " But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, " though thou be little...in Israel; whose goings forth have been " from of old, from everlasting.. And he shall stand " and feed in- the strength of the Lord, in the majesty...

...Jerusalem : they shall offer scornful usages to He/ekiah, king of Judah. V. 2 But thou flfth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. And thou, Beth-lchem Ephratah, though thou be but one of the smallest cities,...

...Judea, according to what the prophet Mieah, ch. v. ver. 2, had foretold, " But thou Bethlehem, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. " This was so far from affording any satisfaction to Herod, that it rather inflamed...

...thing like it in the passage ? Let us examine it; the words are, " And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...ruler in Israel : whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." The speaker in this passage, is evidently Jehovah, the Only Living and True...

...Bethlehem, the city of David, should have the honour of Jesus's birth. " Thou Bethlehem Ephrata, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out...to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been of old, from everlasting." The import of the name is a singular circumstance. Bethlehem signifies,...

...shall rejoice at his birth,' Luke i. l4. The place of the Messiah's nativity was to be Bethlehem. ' But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little...ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting,' Mlc, v. 2.— The paraphrases written by our ancestors interpret this prophecy...