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“And a ruler shall come out of Jacob, and destroy what is left out of cities.” The subject to יֵרְדְּ is indefinite, and to be supplied from the verb itself. We have to think of the ruler foretold as star and sceptre. The abbreviated form וְיֵרְדְּ is not used for the future יִרְדֶּה, but is jussive in its force. One out of Jacob shall rule. מֵעִיר is employed in a collected and general sense, as in Psa 72:16. Out of every city in which there is a remnant of Edom, it shall be destroyed. שָׁרִיד is equivalent to אֱדֹום שְׁאֵרִית (Amo 9:12). The explanation, “destroy the remnant out of the city, namely, out of the holy city of Jerusalem” (Ewald and Baur), is forced, and cannot be sustained from the parallelism.