Bethlehem — Bethlehem of Judah was called Ephratah, from the fruitfulness of the land where it stood: the word whence it is derived importing fruitfulness. Art thou little — If thou art the least in other respects in this thou art honoured above them all. Ruler — King and sovereign. In Israel — Amidst the Israel of God. Going forth — Whose generation, as he is the Son of God, equal with his father, is eternal.
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Micah 5:2
2 But 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.a