Mic 4 | NASB2020 | 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,
“ ^fCome and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
So that ^gHe may teach us about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For ^hfrom Zion will go forth the law,
And 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 beat their swords ^kinto plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift a sword against nation,
And never again will they ^{▼▼Lit learn}train for war.
4 Instead, each of them will ^msit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With ⁿno one to make them afraid,
Because the ^omouth of the Lord of armies 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 “On that day,” declares the Lord,
“I will assemble those who ^slimp
And ^tgather the scattered,
Those whom I have afflicted.
7 “I will make those who limp a ^uremnant,
And those who ^{▼▼Or are far removed}have strayed a mighty nation,
And the ^wLord will reign over them on Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
8 “As for you, ^{▼▼Heb Migdal-eder
,} ^ytower of the flock,
^{▼▼Heb Ophel}Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come--
Yes, the ^aaformer dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 “Now, why do you ^abcry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your ^accounselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
10 “ ^adWrithe and scream,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will ^aego out of the city,
Live in the field,
And go to Babylon.
^afThere you will be rescued,
^agThere the Lord will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
11 “And now ^ahmany nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be defiled,
And let our eyes ^{▼▼Lit see with pleasure}gloat over Zion!’
12 “But they do not ^ajknow the thoughts of the Lord,
And they do not understand His plan;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Arise and ^akthresh, daughter of Zion,
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hoofs bronze,
So that you may ^alpulverize many peoples,
And ^amdedicate to the Lord their unjust profit,
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.