Micah Chapter 4
The Mountain of Yahveh
1 In the last days,
the mountain Yahveh’s Temple’s on
will be the tallest mountain.
It will loom above the hills,
and the people from many nations will stream to it.
2 They’ll say,
“Let’s go up to Yahveh’s mountain,
to the Temple of Jacob’s God,
so he can teach us his ways,
and we can follow in his paths.”
The Law will go out from Zion,
Yahveh’s message from Jerusalem.
3 He’ll mediate between many nations
and settle disputes between powerful countries far away.
They’ll hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation won’t attack nation
or train for war anymore.
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine and fig tree,
and nobody will make them afraid;
the LORDY has said so.
Mic 4:1-4
5 The nations conduct themselves
in the name of their gods;
we will follow Yahveh our God forever.
Israel’s Future Rescue from Exile
6 “At that time,” Yahveh says, “I’ll assemble the lame
and gather the exiles that I’ve oppressed.
7 I’ll make the lame a remnant
and the outcasts a powerful nation.
I’ll reign over them on Mount Zion permanently.
8 Your former dominion will revert to you,
tower of the flock, hill of Zion, kingdom of Jerusalem.
Mic 4:5-8
9 “Now why are you crying out?
Don’t you have a king?
Has your advisor perished
and agony seized you as in childbirth?
10 Writhe and groan, inhabitant of Zion,
like a woman in labor,
because you’ll leave the city
to live in open country,
and go to Babylon.
But I’ll rescue you
and redeem you from your enemies there.
11 Now many nations have gathered against you, saying,
‘Let’s desecrate it;
let’s take pride in destroying Zion.’
12 But they don’t know what I’m thinking
or understand my purpose,
because I’m going to gather them up
like bundles for a threshing floor.
13 Get up and thresh, Zion.
I’ll give you iron horns and bronze hoofs
so you can pulverize many nations
and the wealth of their unjust gain you can devote to me,
the Lord of the whole world.
Mic 4:9-13