But when Paul perceived that the one part were TZdukim, and the other Prushim, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Parush, the son of a Parush: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith YY -TZvaot: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Yhudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Yisrael; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and YY , whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith YY -TZvaot.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of TZiyon; shout, O daughter of Yerushalayim: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh YY -TZvaot, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of YY :
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of YY shall be delivered: for in mount TZiyon and in Yerushalayim shall be deliverance, as YY hath said, and in the remnant whom YY shall call.
And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
In that day shall the branch of YY be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Yisrael.
The sceptre shall not depart from Yhudah, nor a Torahgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.