Mic 4 | NASB1995 | STEP | And it will come about in the last 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.

Micah 4

Peaceful Latter Days

1 And it will come about in the ^alast days
That the ^bmountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established ^{▼▼ Lit on}as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the ^dpeoples will stream to it.
2 ^eMany nations will come and say,
^f“Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That ^gHe may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For ^hfrom Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 And He will ⁱjudge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, ^{▼▼ Lit at a distance}distant nations.
Then they will hammer their swords ^kinto plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they ^{▼▼ Lit learn}train for war.
4 Each of them will ^msit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With ⁿno one to make them afraid,
For the ^omouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
5 Though all the peoples walk
Each in the ^pname of his god,
As for us, ^qwe will walk
In the name of the ^rLord our God forever and ever.

6 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will assemble the ^slame
And ^tgather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted.
7 “I will make the lame a ^uremnant
And the outcasts a strong nation,
And the ^vLord will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
8 “As for you, ^{▼▼ Heb Migdal-eder
,} ^xtower of the flock,
^{▼▼ Heb Ophel of}Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come—
Even the ^zformer dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 “Now, why do you ^aacry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your ^abcounselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
10 ^ac“Writhe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will ^adgo out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
^aeThere you will be rescued;
^afThere the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
11 “And now ^agmany nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes ^{▼▼ Lit look on}gloat over Zion.’
12 “But they do not ^aiknow 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 ^ajthresh, daughter of Zion,
For your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may ^akpulverize many peoples,
That you may ^aldevote to the Lord their unjust gain
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.