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1 But
in the latter days,
it will happen
that the mountain
of the LORD’s
temple will be
established on the
top of the
mountains,
and it will
be exalted above
the hills;
and peoples will
stream to it.
2 Many
nations will go
and say,
“Come! Let’s go
up to the
mountain of the
LORD,
and to the
house of the
God of Jacob;
and he will
teach us of
his ways,
and we will
walk in his
paths.”
For the law
will go out
of Zion,
and the LORD’s
word from
Jerusalem;
3 and
he will judge
between many
peoples,
and will decide
concerning strong
nations afar off.
They will beat
their swords
into plowshares,
and their spears
into pruning hooks.
Nation will not
lift up sword
against nation,
neither will they
learn war any
more.
4 But
every man will sit
under his vine
and under his
fig tree.
No one will
make them afraid,
for the mouth
of the LORD
of Armies has
spoken.
5 Indeed
all the nations
may walk in
the name of
their gods,
but we will
walk in the
name of the
LORD our God
forever and ever.
6 “In
that day,” says
the LORD,
“I will assemble
that which is
lame,
and I will
gather that which
is driven away,
and that which
I have afflicted;
7 and
I will make
that which was
lame a remnant,
and that which
was cast far
off a strong
nation:
and the LORD
will reign over
them on Mount
Zion from then
on, even forever.”
8 You,
tower of the
flock, the hill
of the daughter
of Zion,
to you it
will come.
Yes, the former
dominion will come,
the kingdom of
the daughter of
Jerusalem.
9 Now
why do you
cry out aloud?
Is there no king
in you?
Has your
counselor perished,
that pains have
taken hold of
you as of
a woman in
travail?
10 Be
in pain, and
labor to give
birth, daughter of
Zion,
like a woman
in travail;
for now you
will go out
of the city,
and will dwell
in the field,
and will come
even to Babylon.
There you will
be rescued.
There the LORD
will redeem you
from the hand
of your enemies.
11 Now
many nations
have assembled against
you, that say,
“Let her be
defiled,
and let our
eye gloat over
Zion.”
12 But
they don’t know
the thoughts of
the LORD,
neither do they
understand his
counsel;
for he has
gathered them like
the sheaves to
the threshing
floor.
13 Arise
and thresh,
daughter of Zion,
for I will
make your horn
iron,
and I will
make your hoofs
bronze.
You will beat in
pieces many
peoples.
I will devote
their gain to
the LORD,
and their
substance to the
Lord of the
whole earth.