Micah 3:5–4:5

5 This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets

who lead my people astray,b

they proclaim ‘peace’c

if they have something to eat,

but prepare to wage war against anyone

who refuses to feed them.

6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions,

and darkness, without divination.d

The sun will set for the prophets,e

and the day will go dark for them.f

7 The seers will be ashamedg

and the diviners disgraced.h

They will all coveri their facesj

because there is no answer from God.k”

8 But as for me, I am filled with power,

with the Spirit of the Lord,

and with justice and might,

to declare to Jacob his transgression,

to Israel his sin.l

9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,

you rulers of Israel,

who despise justice

and distort all that is right;m

10 who buildn Zion with bloodshed,o

and Jerusalem with wickedness.p

11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,q

her priests teach for a price,r

and her prophets tell fortunes for money.s

Yet they lookt for the Lord’s support and say,

“Is not the Lord among us?

No disaster will come upon us.”u

12 Therefore because of you,

Zion will be plowed like a field,

Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,v

the templew hill a mound overgrown with thickets.x

The Mountain of the Lord

4:1–3pp—Isa 2:1–4

4 In the last days

the mountainy of the Lord’s temple will be established

as the highest of the mountains;

it will be exalted above the hills,z

and peoples will stream to it.a

2 Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,b

to the temple of the God of Jacob.c

He will teach usd his ways,e

so that we may walk in his paths.”

The lawf will go out from Zion,

the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3 He will judge between many peoples

and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.g

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.h

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

nor will they train for wari anymore.j

4 Everyone will sit under their own vine

and under their own fig tree,k

and no one will make them afraid,l

for the Lord Almighty has spoken.m

5 All the nations may walk

in the name of their gods,n

but we will walk in the name of the Lord

our God for ever and ever.o