Lexicon :: Strong's H4910 - māšal

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepter of the rulers.

Send lambs to the ruler of the land,

from Sela in the desert

to the mountain of Daughter Zion.

I will hand over Egypt to harsh masters,

and a strong king will rule it.

This is the declaration of the Lord GOD of Armies.

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers

who rule this people in Jerusalem.

See, the Lord GOD comes with strength,

and his power establishes his rule.

His wages are with him,

and his reward accompanies him.

This is what the LORD,

the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says

to one who is despised,

to one abhorred by people,[fn]

to a servant of rulers:

“Kings will see, princes will stand up,

and they[fn] will all bow down

because of the LORD, who is faithful,

the Holy One of Israel ​— ​and he has chosen you.”

“So now what have I here” —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

“that my people are taken away for nothing?

Its rulers wail” —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.

We have become like those you never ruled,

like those who did not bear your name.

This is what the LORD says:

Record this man as childless,

a man who will not be successful in his lifetime.

None of his descendants will succeed

in sitting on the throne of David

or ruling again in Judah.

Jacob’s leader will be one of them;

his ruler will issue from him.

I will invite him to me, and he will approach me,

for who would otherwise risk his life to approach me?

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“then I might also reject the descendants of Jacob and of my servant David. That is, I would not take rulers from his descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. But in fact, I will restore their fortunes[fn] and have compassion on them.”

May you not become cowardly and fearful

when the report is proclaimed in the land,

for the report will come one year,

and then another the next year.

There will be violence in the land

with ruler against ruler.

Slaves rule over us;

no one rescues us from them.

“It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;

its height towered among the clouds.[fn]

So it was conspicuous for its height

as well as its many branches.

“Then a warrior king will arise; he will rule a vast realm and do whatever he wants.

Let the priests, the LORD’s ministers,

weep between the portico and the altar.

Let them say,

“Have pity on your people, LORD,

and do not make your inheritance a disgrace,

an object of scorn among the nations.

Why should it be said among the peoples,

‘Where is their God? ’ ”

Bethlehem Ephrathah,

you are small among the clans of Judah;

one will come from you

to be ruler over Israel for me.

His origin[fn] is from antiquity,

from ancient times.

You have made mankind

like the fish of the sea,

like marine creatures that have no ruler.

“Yes, he will build the LORD’s temple; he will bear royal splendor and will sit on his throne and rule. There will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.