Micah 4
1 It will happen in the days to come: the mountain of the LORD’s house will stand firm at the top of the mountains and rise above the hills, and peoples will stream to it.
2 Many nations will come and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob! He will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For the Law will go out from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
3 He will judge between many peoples and settle matters for powerful nations, even those far away. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer raise the sword against nation, and they will never again learn war.
4 Each one will live under his own vine and fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
5 For all the peoples walk, each in the name of its god; but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
6 “On that day,” says the LORD, “I will gather the lame, bring together the outcast, and those I have treated harshly.
7 I will make the lame a remnant and those driven away a strong nation; and the LORD will reign over them on Mount Zion from now on and forever.
8 And you, Tower of the Flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come; the former dominion will return, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
9 Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, so that anguish has seized you like a woman in labor?
10 Writhe and groan, daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you will go out of the city and live in the open country. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued, there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
11 Now many nations have gathered against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze on Zion!”
12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand his plan, for he has gathered them like sheaves on the threshing floor.
13 Rise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your hooves bronze, and you will crush many peoples. I will devote their gain to the LORD, and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
14 Now cut yourself, daughter of troops! They have laid siege against us; they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.
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