Mic 4 | ESV | STEP | It shall come to pass in 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,

‏ Micah 4

The Mountain of the Lord

1 It shall come to pass ^ain 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, ^{▼▼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 ^cbeat 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 ^dbut they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
^eand no one shall make them afraid,
^ffor the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
5 For ^gall the peoples walk
each in the name of its god,
but ^hwe will walk in the name of the Lord our God
forever and ever.

The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

6 ⁱIn that day, declares the Lord,
^jI will assemble the ^klame
and gather those who have been driven away
and those whom I have afflicted;
7 and the lame I will make ^lthe remnant,
and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
and ^mthe Lord will reign over them ⁿin 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?
^oIs there no king in you?
^pHas your counselor perished,
that ^qpain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 ^rWrithe and groan, ^{▼▼Or push} O daughter of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for ^tnow you shall go out from the city
and dwell in the open country;
you ^ushall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
^vthere the Lord will redeem you
from the hand of your enemies.
11 Now ^wmany nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be defiled,
and ^xlet our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
12 But ^ythey do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,
that ^zhe 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 ^aashall devote ^{▼▼Hebrew devote to destruction} ^actheir gain to the Lord,
their wealth to ^adthe Lord of the whole earth.