11 Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,^(A)
and a branch^(B) from his roots will bear fruit.

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.