Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
Parallel translations
- WEB Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”
- BSB A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
- NKJV Out of Jacob One shall have dominion, And destroy the remains of the city.”
- NASB “One from Jacob shall rule, And will eliminate the survivors from the city.”
- NLT A ruler will rise in Jacob who will destroy the survivors of Ir.”
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Quick answer
A ruler will come from Jacob who will exercise dominion and destroy the survivors of the city. The prophecy points to a victorious king from Israel.
Overview
This concluding line of the oracle reaffirms that a sovereign ruler will arise from Israel to subdue enemy strongholds. It reaches its first horizon in David's conquests but ultimately anticipates the universal dominion of the Messiah. The God who blesses Israel will raise up the King through whom His purposes for the nations are accomplished.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Mic 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- Ps 2:1–12Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
- Gen 49:10The 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.
- Isa 11:10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
- Ps 72:10–11The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Matt 25:46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
- 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- Mic 5:4And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
- Ps 21:7–10For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
- Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Eph 1:20–22Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
- 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
- Rev 19:16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
- Phil 2:10–11That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
- Heb 1:8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- Luke 19:12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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Christ at the center
In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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