²⁷ I was the first to say to Zion,^[a]
‘Look! Here they are!’
And I gave Jerusalem a herald with good news.^(A)

² Lift up a banner on a barren mountain.^(C)
Call out to them.
Signal with your hand, and they will go
through the gates of the nobles.
³ I have commanded my consecrated ones;
yes, I have called my warriors,
who celebrate my triumph,
to execute my wrath.^(D)
4 Listen, a commotion on the mountains,
like that of a mighty people!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations being gathered together!
The Lord of Armies is mobilizing an army for war.
⁵ They are coming from a distant land,
from the farthest horizon—
the Lord and the weapons of his wrath—
to destroy the whole country.^[a]

¹² He will lift up a banner for the nations
and gather the dispersed of Israel;^(A)
he will collect the scattered of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.^(B)

² In^(A) the last days^(B)
the mountain of the Lord’s house^(C) will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,^(D)
3 and many peoples will come and say,
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.^(E)
He will teach us about his ways
so that we may walk in his paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
⁴ He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.^(F)
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.^(G)