Micah 4
Peaceful Latter Days
That the mountain of the house of the LORD
Will be established as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the peoples will stream to it.
“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they train for war.
And under his fig tree,
With no one to make them afraid,
For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.
Each in the name of his god,
As for us, we will walk
In the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
“I will assemble the lame
And gather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted.
And the outcasts a strong nation,
And the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come—
Even the former dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Is there no king among you,
Or has your counselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will go out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
There you will be rescued;
There the LORD will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes gloat over Zion.’
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
For your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may pulverize many peoples,
That you may devote to the LORD their unjust gain
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.