Micah 4:1–8
THE LORD’S RULE FROM RESTORED ZION
4 In the last daysr
the mountain of the Lord’s houses
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,t
2 and many nations will come and say,u
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,v
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about his waysw
so we may walk in his paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zionx
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will settle disputes among many peoplesy
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
4 But each person will sit under his grapevinez
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.aa
For the mouth of the Lordab of Armies
has spoken.
in the name of their own gods,ac
we will walkad in the name of the Lord our God
forever and ever.ae
this is the Lord’s declaration—
I will assemble the lame
and gather the scattered,af
those I have injured.
7 I will make the lame into a remnant,ag
those far removed into a strong nation.
Then the Lord will reign over themah in Mount Zion
from this time on and forever.
8 And you, watchtower for the flock,ai
fortified hillB of Daughter Zion,
the former ruleaj will come to you;
sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.