Micah 4
New King James Version

TheLord’s Reign in Zion^(A)

4 Now^(B)it shall come to pass in the latter days
Thatthe mountain of theLord’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And peoples shall flow to it.
²Many nations shall come and say,
“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of theLord,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
And the word of theLordfrom Jerusalem.
³He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into^(C)plowshares,
And their spears into^[a]pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
^(D)Neither shall they learn war anymore.

⁴^(E)But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree,
And no one shall makethemafraid;
For the mouth of theLordof hosts has spoken.
⁵For all people walk each in the name of his god,
But^(F)we will walk in the name of theLordour God
Forever and ever.

Zion’s Future Triumph

⁶“In that day,” says theLord,
^(G)“I will assemble the lame,
^(H)I will gather the outcast
And those whom I have afflicted;
⁷I will make the lame^(I)a remnant,
And the outcast a strong nation;
So theLord^(J)will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on, even forever.
⁸And you, O tower of the flock,
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
To you shall it come,
Even the former dominion shall come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”

⁹Now why do you cry aloud?
^(K)Is thereno king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For^(L)pangs have seized you like a woman in^[b]labor.
¹⁰Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs.
For now you shall go forth from the city,
You shall dwell in the field,
And to^(M)Babylon you shall go.
There you shall be delivered;
There the^(N)Lordwill^(O)redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.

¹¹^(P)Now also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, “Let her be defiled,
And let our eye^(Q)look upon Zion.”
¹²But they do not know^(R)the thoughts of theLord,
Nor do they understand His counsel;
For He will gather them^(S)like sheaves to the threshing floor.

¹³“Arise^(T)and^(U)thresh, O daughter of Zion;
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hooves bronze;
You shall^(V)beat in pieces many peoples;
^(W)I will consecrate their gain to theLord,
And their substance to^(X)the Lord of the whole earth.”