⁴ From Judah will come the cornerstone,^(A)
    from him the tent peg,^(B)
from him the battle bow,^(C)
    from him every ruler.
⁵ Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.^(D)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.^(E)

⁶ “I will strengthen^(F) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(G) on them.^(H)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(I) them.