¹⁷ “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.^(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;^(B)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.^(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,^(D)
    the skulls^[a](E) of^[b] all the people of Sheth.^[c]

²¹ Their leader^(A) will be one of their own;
    their ruler will arise from among them.^(B)
I will bring him near^(C) and he will come close to me—
    for who is he who will devote himself
    to be close to me?’
declares the Lord.

⁶ “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
    who will shepherd my people Israel.’^[a]”^(A)