4 And it will come about in the ^(A)last days
That the ^(B)mountain of the house of the Lord
Will be established ^[a]as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the ^(C)peoples will stream to it.
^2 (D)Many nations will come and say,
“^(E)Come and let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
So that ^(F)He may teach us about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For ^(G)from Zion will go forth the law,
And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
³ And He will ^(H)judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, ^[b]distant nations.
Then they will beat their swords ^(I)into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift a sword against nation,
And never again will they ^[c]train for war.

^2 [a]But as for ^(A)you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Too little to be among the clans of Judah,
From ^(B)you One will come forth for Me to be ^(C)ruler in Israel.
His times of coming forth are ^(D)from long ago,
From the days of eternity.”
³ Therefore He will ^(E)give them up until the time
When she ^(F)who is in labor has given birth.
Then the ^(G)remainder of His kinsmen
Will return to the sons of Israel.
⁴ And He will arise and ^(H)shepherd His flock
In the strength of the Lord,
In the majesty of the name of the Lord His God.
And they will ^[b]remain,
Because ^[c]at that time He will be great
To the ^(I)ends of the earth.
⁵ This One ^(J)will be our peace.
When the ^(K)Assyrian invades our land,
When he tramples on our ^[d]citadels,
Then we will raise against him
Seven shepherds and eight leaders of people.
⁶ They will ^(L)shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword,
The land of ^(M)Nimrod at its entrances;
And He will ^(N)rescue us from the Assyrian
When he invades our land,
And when he tramples our territory.