The second reference to the old testament in Matthew says...
4 and on gathering together all the chief
priests and scribes of the people he began to inquire of them where the Christ
was to be born.
5 They said to him: In Bethlehem of Judea;
for this is how it has been written through the prophet,
6 'And you, Oh Bethlehem of the land of
Judah, are by no means the most insignificant [city] among the governors of
Judah; for out of you will come forth a governing one, who will shepherd my
people, Israel (Matthew 2).
2 And you, Oh Bethlehem [House of Bread, the Watchtower. The LWs are a house of fish] Ephrathah [Fruitfulness or Ash Heap - both apply!], the one too little to get to be among the thousands of Judah [1904Tishri was the Gentile continuation call, the restarting of the tribe of Judah - see U192], from you there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel [one who leaves the Watchtower to start a new church], whose origin is from early [ones], from the days of time indefinite [originating from the angels, i.e. being born again, having ancient angelic parents, he was born again before he became a JW, but whilst he was studying with them] (Micah 5).
19 Eventually Azubah died. So Caleb took
to himself Ephrath, who in time bore Hur to him.
20 Hur, in turn, became father to Uri. Uri,
in turn, became father to Bezalel (1 Chronicles 2).
So Caleb married Ephrath who gave him Hur.
48 As for Caleb's concubine Maacah, she
gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 In time she bore Shaaph the father of
Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And Caleb's
daughter was Achsah.
50 These became the sons of Caleb. The sons
of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the
father of Beth-gader (1 Chronicles 2).
So Salma, the son of Hur, (Ben Hur as he is known in Hollywood) was the father of Bethlehem, and Ephrath was the great grandmother of Bethlehem. Ephrath means either Fruitfullness or Ash heap [both will prove to be true of the Watchtower].
Micah 4 and 5 are parallel with Isaiah 2.
MICAH CHAPTER 4
1 And it must occur in the final part of the
days [that] the mountain [administration]
of the house of Jehovah [the true Christian
church] will become firmly established above the top of the mountains
[competing religious administrations],
and it will certainly be lifted up above the hills [secular
administrations, less significant from a spiritual standpoint. It would be
pointless if these were just smaller churches, because if we are established
above larger churches we are moreso established above smaller churches];
and to it peoples must stream.
2 And many nations will certainly go and say:
Come, you people, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah and to the house
of the God of Jacob; and he will instruct us about his ways, and we will walk in
his paths. For out of Zion law will go forth, and the word of Jehovah out of
Jerusalem.
3 And he will certainly render judgment among
many peoples, and set matters straight respecting mighty nations [churches
in Word1 and Nations in Word2 metonymically, parts of nations who join the
church] far away. And they will have to beat their swords into
plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. They will not lift up sword,
nation against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.
4 And they will actually sit, each one under
his vine [under the authority of the saints]
and under his fig tree [under the authority of
the priesthood], and there will be no one making [them] tremble; for
the very mouth of Jehovah of armies has spoken [it].
5 For all the peoples, for their part, will
walk each one in the name of its god; but we, for our part, shall walk in the
name of Jehovah our God [Jehovah's witnesses
and then Lords' Witnesses] to time indefinite, even forever.
6 In that day, is the utterance of Jehovah, I
will gather her that was limping [upon two
different opinions]; and her that was dispersed I will collect
together, even her whom I have treated badly.
7 And I shall certainly make her that was
limping a remnant, and her that was removed far off a mighty nation; and Jehovah
will actually rule as king over them in Mount Zion, from now on and into time
indefinite.
8 And as for you, Oh tower
of the drove [watchtower],
mound of the daughter of Zion [administration
of the 1NC saints, the composite daughter of God standing upon mount Zion],
as far as to you it will come, yes, the
dominion, the first will certainly come, the kingdom belonging to the
daughter of Jerusalem [the 2NC saints].
9 Now why is it that you keep shouting
loudly? Is there no king in you, or has your own counselor perished, so that
pangs like those of a woman giving birth have grabbed hold of you?
10 Be in severe pains and burst forth, Oh
daughter of Zion, like a woman giving birth, for now you will go forth from a
town, and you will have to reside in the field. And you will have to come as far
as to Babylon [the Watchtower became a false
church]. There you will be delivered. There Jehovah will buy you back
out of the palm of your enemies [who presently
run the Watchtower].
11 And now there will certainly be gathered
against you many nations, those who are saying, 'Let her be polluted, and may
our eyes look upon Zion.'
12 But as for them, they have not come to
know the thoughts of Jehovah, and they have not come to understand his counsel;
because he will certainly collect them together like a row of newly cut grain to
the threshing floor.
13 Get up and thresh, Oh daughter of Zion;
for your horn [comparing her to a bull on a
threshing floor] I shall change into iron [your
power will be unbreakable], and your hoofs I shall change into copper
[your feet will walk with the cleanliness of a
true priesthood], and you will certainly pulverize many peoples; and
by a ban [on anyone with any authority in the
Watchtower from having any authority in the LWs] you will actually
devote to Jehovah their unjust profit, and their resources to the [true] Lord of
the whole earth (Micah 4)
MICAH CHAPTER 5
1 At this time you make cuttings upon
yourself [like prophets of Baal],
Oh daughter of an invasion [1NC remnant at the
time of the antitypical battle of Jericho]; a siege he has laid
against us [say the governing body of the
Watchtower during that battle]. With the rod they will strike upon
the cheek the judge of Israel.
2 And you, Oh Bethlehem [House
of Bread, FDS1 in the first presence, the Watchtower in the second. The LWs are a house of fish] Ephrathah [Fruitfulness
or Ash Heap - both apply!], the one too little to get to be among the
thousands of Judah [1895Tishri was the Gentile
continuation call, the restarting of the tribe of Judah], from you
there will come out to me the one who is to become ruler in Israel [Paul
who left FDS1 to form a new true church in the first presence and Gordon who
left the Watchtower to start a new church], whose origin is
from early [ones], from the days of time indefinite [originating
from the angels, i.e. being born again, having ancient angelic parents, he was
born again before he became a JW].
3 Therefore he will give them up until the
time that she who is giving birth actually gives birth [until
the LWs start baptising in spirit, she is the LW church in the second
fulfilment]. And the
rest of his brothers will return to the sons of Israel.
4 And he will certainly stand and do
shepherding in the strength of Jehovah, in the superiority of the name of
Jehovah his God. And they will certainly keep dwelling, for now he will be great
as far as the ends of the earth.
5 And this one must become peace. As for the
Assyrian, when he comes into our land and when he treads upon our dwelling
towers, we shall also have to raise up against him 7 shepherds, yes, 8 dukes of
mankind [??].
6 And they will actually shepherd the land of
Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its entrances. And he will
certainly bring about deliverance from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land
and when he treads upon our territory.
7 And the remaining ones of Jacob [sons
of Jacob by covenant, sons of the JAC] must become in the midst of
many peoples like dew from Jehovah, like copious showers upon vegetation, that
does not hope for man or wait for the sons of earthling man [loads
of 2NC saints!].
8 And the remaining ones of Jacob must become
among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of
a forest, like a maned young lion among droves of sheep, which, when it actually
passes through, certainly both tramples down and tears in pieces; and there is
no deliverer.
9 Your hand will be high above your
adversaries, and all enemies of yours will be cut off.
10 And it must occur in that day, is the
utterance of Jehovah, that I will cut off your horses from the midst of you and
destroy your chariots.
11 And I will cut off the cities of your land
and tear down all your fortified places.
12 And I will cut off sorceries out of your
hand, and no practicers of magic will you continue to have.
13 And I will cut off your graven images and
your pillars from the midst of you, and you will no more bow down to the work of
your hands.
14 And I will uproot your sacred poles from
the midst of you and annihilate your cities.
15 And in anger and in rage I will execute
vengeance upon the nations that have not obeyed (Micah 5)