Micah 4

The Mountain of the Lord

1 It shall come to pass *For ver. 1-3, see Isa. 2:2-4in the latter days

that the mountain of the house of the Lord

shall be established as the highest of the mountains,

and it shall be lifted up above the hills;

and peoples shall flow to it,

2 and many nations shall come, and say:

"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob,

that he may teach us his ways

and that we may walk in his paths."

For out of Zion shall go forth the law,*4:2 Or teaching

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3 He shall judge between many peoples,

and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;

and they shall *[Joel 3:10]beat their swords into plowshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

neither shall they learn war anymore;

4 *See 1 Kgs. 4:25but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,

*Isa. 17:2and no one shall make them afraid,

*See Isa. 1:20for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

5 For *[Jer. 2:11] all the peoples walk

each in the name of its god,

but *[Zech. 10:12]we will walk in the name of the Lord our God

forever and ever.

The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

6 *[ver. 1] In that day, declares the Lord,

*See Ezek. 11:17I will assemble the *Ezek. 34:16;Zeph. 3:19lame

and gather those who have been driven away

and those whom I have afflicted;

7 and the lame I will make *ch. 2:12;5:7,8;Joel 2:32;Zeph. 2:7the remnant,

and those who were cast off, a strong nation;

and *Isa. 24:23;[Dan. 7:14;Luke 1:33] the Lord will reign over them *Ps. 2:6;Heb. 12:22in Mount Zion

from this time forth and forevermore.

8 And you, O tower of the flock,

hill of the daughter of Zion,

to you shall it come,

the former dominion shall come,

kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 Now why do you cry aloud?

*Jer. 8:19Is there no king in you?

*[Isa. 3:3] Has your counselor perished,

that *Jer. 6:24pain seized you like a woman in labor?

10 *[John 16:20,21] Writhe and groan,*4:10 Or push O daughter of Zion,

like a woman in labor,

for *[ch. 2:13] now you shall go out from the city

and dwell in the open country;

you *Isa. 39:6,7shall go to Babylon.

There you shall be rescued;

*See Isa. 44:22,23there the Lord will redeem you

from the hand of your enemies.

11 Now *Zech. 12:3many nations

are assembled against you,

saying, "Let her be defiled,

and *ch. 7:10;Obad. 12let our eyes gaze upon Zion."

12 But *[Isa. 10:7] they do not know

the thoughts of the Lord;

they do not understand his plan,

that *[Joel 3:13;Hab. 3:12;Matt. 3:12;Luke 3:17]he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.

13 Arise and thresh,

O daughter of Zion,

for I will make your horn iron,

and I will make your hoofs bronze;

you shall beat in pieces many peoples;

and *Lev. 27:28shall devote*4:13 Hebrew devote to destruction*Isa. 23:18their gain to the Lord,

their wealth to *Ps. 97:5the Lord of the whole earth.