The Lord’s Rule from Restored Zion

In the last days(A)
the mountain of the Lord’s house(B)
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,(C)
and many nations will come and say,(D)
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,(E)
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about his ways(F)
so we may walk in his paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion(G)
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He will settle disputes among many peoples(H)
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
But each person will sit under his grapevine(I)
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.(J)
For the mouth of the Lord(K) of Armies
has spoken.
Though all the peoples walk
in the name of their own gods,(L)
we will walk(M) in the name of the Lord our God
forever and ever.(N)

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The Future Reign of God

“But in the last days it will come about
    that the Temple Mount of the Lord will be firmly set
        as the leading mountain.
It will be exalted above its surrounding[a] hills,
    and people will stream toward it.
Many nations will approach and say,
    ‘Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
        and to the Temple of the God of Jacob.
    He will teach us about his ways,
        and we will walk according to his directions.’
“Indeed, the Law will proceed from Zion,
    and the message of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And he will judge among many people,
    rebuking strong nations far away;
and they will reshape their swords as plowshares
    and their spears as pruning hooks.
No nation will threaten another,[b]
    nor will they train for war anymore.
Instead, each man will sit in the shade of[c] his grape vines
    and beneath the shade of[d] his fig tree,”
        since the[e] Lord of the Heavenly Armies has spoken.
“Because all of the people will walk,
    each person in the name of his God,
        and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:1 The Heb. lacks surrounding
  2. Micah 4:3 Lit. A nation will not lift up a sword against a nation
  3. Micah 4:4 Lit. sit under
  4. Micah 4:4 The Heb. lacks the shade of
  5. Micah 4:4 Lit. the mouth of the

The Mountain of the Lord(A)

In the last days

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)

Many nations will come and say,

“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.
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)
Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,(N)
and no one will make them afraid,(O)
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(P)
All the nations may walk
    in the name of their gods,(Q)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
    our God for ever and ever.(R)

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