New American Standard Bible 2020

Micah 4

Peaceful Latter Days

1And it will come about in the 1last days That the 2mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established 3as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the 4peoples will stream to it.2 5Many nations will come and say, “6Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord And to the house of the God of Jacob, So that 7He may teach us about His ways, And that we may walk in His paths.” For 8from Zion will go forth the law, And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.3And He will 9judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, 10distant nations. Then they will beat their swords 11into plowshares, And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift a sword against nation, And never again will they 12train for war.4Instead, each of them will 13sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With 14no one to make them afraid, Because the 15mouth of the Lord of armies has spoken.5Though all the peoples walk, Each in the 16name of his god, As for us, 17we will walk In the name of the 18Lord our God forever and ever.

6“On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble those who 19limp And 20gather the scattered, Those whom I have afflicted.7I will make those who limp a 21remnant, And those who 22have strayed a mighty nation, And the 23Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion From now on and forever.8As for you, 24 25tower of the flock, 26Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come-- Yes, the 27former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

9“Now, why do you 28cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your 29counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?10 30Writhe and scream, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you will 31go out of the city, Live in the field, And go to Babylon. 32There you will be rescued, 33There the Lord will redeem you From the hand of your enemies.11And now 34many nations have been assembled against you Who say, ‘Let her be defiled, And let our eyes 35gloat over Zion!’12But they do not 36know the thoughts of the Lord, And they do not understand His plan; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.13Arise and 37thresh, daughter of Zion, For I will make your horn iron, And I will make your hoofs bronze, So that you may 38pulverize many peoples, And 39dedicate to the Lord their unjust profit, And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Notes

1. Micah 4:1 Is 2:2-4; Dan 2:28; 10:14; Hos 3:5 ↩
2. Micah 4:1 Ezek 43:12; Mic 3:12; Zech 8:3 ↩
3. Micah 4:1 Lit on ↩
4. Micah 4:1 Ps 22:27; 86:9; Jer 3:17 ↩
5. Micah 4:2 Zech 2:11; 14:16 ↩
6. Micah 4:2 Is 2:3; Jer 31:6 ↩
7. Micah 4:2 Ps 25:8, 9, 12; Is 54:13 ↩
8. Micah 4:2 Is 42:1-4; Zech 14:8, 9 ↩
9. Micah 4:3 Is 2:4; 11:3-5 ↩
10. Micah 4:3 Lit at a distance ↩
11. Micah 4:3 Joel 3:10 ↩
12. Micah 4:3 Lit learn ↩
13. Micah 4:4 1 Kin 4:25; Zech 3:10 ↩
14. Micah 4:4 Lev 26:6; Jer 30:10 ↩
15. Micah 4:4 Is 1:20; 40:5 ↩
16. Micah 4:5 2 Kin 17:29 ↩
17. Micah 4:5 Zech 10:12 ↩
18. Micah 4:5 Josh 24:15; Is 26:8, 13 ↩
19. Micah 4:6 Zeph 3:19 ↩
20. Micah 4:6 Ps 147:2; Ezek 34:13, 16; 37:21 ↩
21. Micah 4:7 Mic 5:7, 8; 7:18 ↩
22. Micah 4:7 Or are far removed ↩
23. Micah 4:7 Is 24:23 ↩
24. Micah 4:8 Heb Migdal-eder ↩
25. Micah 4:8 Ps 48:3, 12; 61:3; Mic 2:12 ↩
26. Micah 4:8 Heb Ophel ↩
27. Micah 4:8 Is 1:26; Zech 9:10 ↩
28. Micah 4:9 Jer 8:19 ↩
29. Micah 4:9 Is 3:1-3 ↩
30. Micah 4:10 Mic 5:3 ↩
31. Micah 4:10 2 Kin 20:18; Hos 2:14 ↩
32. Micah 4:10 Is 43:14; 45:13; Mic 7:8-12 ↩
33. Micah 4:10 Is 48:20; 52:9-12 ↩
34. Micah 4:11 Is 5:25-30; 17:12-14 ↩
35. Micah 4:11 Lit see with pleasure ↩
36. Micah 4:12 Ps 147:19, 20 ↩
37. Micah 4:13 Is 41:15 ↩
38. Micah 4:13 Jer 51:20-23 ↩
39. Micah 4:13 Is 60:9 ↩

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