Micah 4

Chapter 4

Peaceful Latter Days

¹And it will come about in the ^alast days

That the ^bmountain of the house of the Lord

Will be established ¹as the chief of the mountains.

It will be raised above the hills,

And the ^cpeoples will stream to it.

^2aMany nations will come and say,

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

And to the house of the God of Jacob,

That ^cHe may teach us about His ways

And that we may walk in His paths.”

For ^dfrom Zion will go forth the law,

Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

³And He will ^ajudge between many peoples

And render decisions for mighty, ¹distant nations.

Then 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 ²train for war.

⁴Each of them will ^asit under his vine

And under his fig tree,

With ^bno one to make them afraid,

For the ^cmouth of the Lord 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 the ^cLord our God forever and ever.

⁶“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will assemble the ^alame

And ^bgather the outcasts,

Even those whom I have afflicted.

⁷“I will make the lame a ^aremnant

And the outcasts a strong nation,

And the ^bLord will reign over them in Mount Zion

From now on and forever.

⁸“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 ^acry out loudly?

Is there no king among you,

Or has your ^bcounselor perished,

That agony has gripped 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 rescued;

^dThere the Lord will redeem you

From the hand of your enemies.

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

Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,

And let our eyes ¹gloat over Zion.’

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

And they do not understand His purpose;

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 the Lord their unjust gain

And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.