⁶ There will be a day when watchmen^(A) cry out
    on the hills of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”^(B)

⁴ “In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together^(A)
    will go in tears^(B) to seek^(C) the Lord their God.
⁵ They will ask the way^(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come^(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant^(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

the mountain^(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,^(C)
    and peoples will stream to it.^(D)

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,^(E)
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.^(F)
He will teach us^(G) his ways,^(H)
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(I) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
³ He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.^(J)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(K)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war^(L) anymore.^(M)

¹⁹ But I will bring^(A) Israel back to their own pasture,
    and they will graze on Carmel and Bashan;
their appetite will be satisfied^(B)
    on the hills^(C) of Ephraim and Gilead.^(D)

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains^(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(B)
who proclaim peace,^(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(D)
8 Listen! Your watchmen^(E) lift up their voices;^(F)
    together they shout for joy.^(G)
When the Lord returns^(H) to Zion,^(I)
    they will see it with their own eyes.

the mountain^(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
    as the highest of the mountains;^(C)
it will be exalted^(D) above the hills,
    and all nations will stream to it.^(E)

“Come, let us go^(G) up to the mountain^(H) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(I) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^(J)
4 He will judge^(K) between the nations
    and will settle disputes^(L) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(M)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,^(N)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

⁸ The prophet, along with my God,
    is the watchman over Ephraim,^[a]
yet snares^(A) await him on all his paths,
    and hostility in the house of his God.^(B)