^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c νικάω, to conquer, triumph, or prevail.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c νικαω, to conquer, triumph, or prevail.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c NIKAW, to conquer, triumph, or prevail.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c NIKAW, to prevail or triumph (E)NI/KHSEN A(NOI=XAI TO BIBLI/ON, lit. triumphed to open the book.)

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c Was he victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or was he found worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c Was he victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or was he found worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c Was he victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or was he fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. See also Rv. 22:16.

^c Was he victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or was he fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). Quoted in Rom. 15:12. See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). Quoted in Rom 15:12. See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). (Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! [NET]. And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it [NET].)

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah is a symbol of the Jewish nation, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah. See Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah, originally the emblem for the tribe of Judah (see Gn. 49:9), is a symbol of the Jewish nation. Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a The Lion of Judah, originally the emblem for tribe of Judah (see Gn. 49:9), is a symbol of the Jewish nation. Gn. 49:9: You are a lion’s cub, Judah, / from the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He crouches and lies down like a lion; / like a lioness – who will rouse him? (NET). Also Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). And Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). Also Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^c He was victorious at being found worthy to open the book? Or he was fournd worthy to open the book because he was victorious? See also Rv. 3:21.

^a Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). Also Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^a Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). Also Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^a Hos. 5:9-14: 5:9 Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! / What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place...! / 5:14 I will be like a lion to Ephraim, / like a young lion to the house of Judah. / I myself will tear them to pieces, / then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! (NET). Also Mi. 5:2-8: 5:2 (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, / seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – / from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, / one whose origins are in the distant past. / 5:3 So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies / until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. / Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return / to be reunited with the people of Israel. / 5:4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, / by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. / They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored / even in the distant regions of the earth.... / 5:8 Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, / in the midst of many peoples. / They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, / like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, / which attacks when it passes through; / it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it (NET).

^b Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). Also Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET). See also Rv. 22:16.

^a Is. 11:1-10 (also quoted in Rom 15:12): 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). See also Is. 37:31: Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit (NET); and Is. 53:2: He sprouted up like a twig before God, / like a root out of parched soil; / he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, / no special appearance that we should want to follow him (NET).

^a Is. 11:1-10: 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, / a bud will sprout from his roots.... / 11:10 At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic (NET). See also Is. 37:31: The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward (NET); and Is. 53:2: For he grew up before him as a tender plant, / and as a root out of dry ground. / He has no form nor comeliness. / When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him (NET).