The Mountain of the Lord and the Return of the Remnant
Micah 4:1-13
1And it shall be in the latter part of the days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established at the head of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it.2And many nations shall go and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD and to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us from his ways and that we may walk in his paths; for from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem."3And he shall judge between many peoples and shall decide for mighty nations far away; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore.4And they shall dwell, each man under his vine and under his fig tree, and there shall be nothing causing to tremble, for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.5For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.6On that day, declares the LORD, I will assemble the lame and gather the outcast and those whom I have afflicted.7I will make the lame a remnant and the cast-off a strong nation, and the LORD will reign over them on Mount Zion from this time forth and forever.8And you, tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you shall come the former dominion, the kingdom belonging to the daughter of Jerusalem.9Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that agony has seized you like a woman in labor?10Writhe and bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor; for now you will go forth from the city and dwell in the open country; you will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued, there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.11And now many nations are gathered against you, saying, "Let her be profaned, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion."12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, and they do not understand his counsel, for he has gathered them like a sheaf to the threshing floor.13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will set your horn as iron and your hoofs as bronze, and you shall crush many peoples; and I will devote their unjust gain to the LORD and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.