JUDAH THOU ARE HE
WHOM THY BRETHREN
SHALL PRAISE:
THY HAND SHALL BE
IN THE NECK OF
THINE ENEMIES;
THY FATHER'S CHILDREN
SHALL BOW DOWN
BEFORE THEE.
JUDAH IS A LION'S WHELP:
FROM THE PREY,
MY SON, THOU ART GONE UP:
HE STOOPED DOWN,
HE COUCHED AS A LION,
AND AS AN OLD LION;
WHO SHALL ROUSE HIM UP?
THE SCEPTRE SHALL
NOT DEPART FROM JUDAH,
NOR
A LAWGIVER FROM
BETWEEN HIS FEET,
UNTIL SHILOH COME;
AND UNTO HIM SHALL
THE GATHERING
OF THE PEOPLE BE.
BINDING HIS FOAL
UNTO THE VINE,
AND HIS ASS'S COLT
UNTO THE CHOICE VINE;
HE WASHED HIS
AND
HIS CLOTHES IN
HIS EYES SHALL BE RED
AND HIS TEETH
LOVE

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