² Bethlehem Ephrathah,^(A)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
one will come from you^(B)
to be ruler over Israel for me.^(C)
His origin^[a] is from antiquity,^(D)
from ancient times.

¹⁸ A voice was heard in Ramah,
weeping,^[a] and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
and she refused to be consoled,
because they are no more.^[b](A)