Micah 4

CHAPTER 4

The Law Will Go Forth from Zion

¹Now it will be that in the ^alast days

The ^bmountain of the house of Yahweh

Will be established ¹as the head of the mountains,

And will be lifted up above the hills,

And the ^cpeoples will stream to it.

^2aAnd many nations will come and say,

“^bCome and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh

And to the house of the God of Jacob,

That ^cHe may instruct us from His ways

And that we may walk in His paths.”

For ^dfrom Zion will go forth the law,

And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.

³And He will ^ajudge between many peoples

And will render decisions for mighty, ¹distant nations.

And they will hammer their swords ^binto plowshares

And their spears into pruning hooks;

Nation will not lift up sword against nation,

And never again will they learn war.

⁴And each of them will ^asit under his vine

And under his fig tree,

With ^bno one to make them tremble,

For the ^cmouth of Yahweh of hosts has spoken.

⁵Though all the peoples walk

Each in the ^aname of his god,

As for us, ^bwe will walk

In the name of ^cYahweh our God forever and ever.

⁶“In that day,” declares Yahweh,

“I will assemble the ^alame

And ^bgather the banished,

Even those upon whom I have brought calamity.

⁷“I will make the lame a ^aremnant

And the outcasts a mighty nation,

And ^bYahweh will reign over them in Mount Zion

From now on and forever.

⁸“And as for you, ^1atower of the flock,

²Hill of the daughter of Zion,

To you it will come—

Even the ^bformer dominion will come,

The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

⁹“Now, why do you ^amake a loud shout?

Is there no king among you,

Or has your ^bcounselor perished,

That writhing has taken hold of you like a woman in childbirth?

¹⁰“^aWrithe and labor to give birth,

Daughter of Zion,

Like a woman in childbirth;

For now you will ^bgo out of the city,

Dwell in the field,

And go to Babylon.

^cThere you will be delivered;

^dThere Yahweh will redeem you

From the hand of your enemies.

¹¹“But now ^amany nations have been assembled against you

Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,

And let our eyes behold Zion in triumph.’

¹²“But they do not ^aknow the thoughts of Yahweh,

And they do not understand His counsel;

For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

¹³“Arise and ^athresh, daughter of Zion,

For your horn I will make iron,

And your hoofs I will make bronze,

That you may ^bpulverize many peoples,

That you may ^cdevote to Yahweh their greedy gain unto destruction

And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.