Micah 4:6-13

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁸ But for you, watchtower of the flock,
    for you, stronghold of the Daughter of Zion,
    for you, the power to rule, which you had before, will come again.
    The kingship will return to the Daughter of Jerusalem.
⁹ But now, why are you shouting so loudly?
    Is it because you have no king among you?
    Has the one who guided you perished,
    so that pain now has gripped you like a woman giving birth?
¹⁰ Writhe and scream, Daughter of Zion,
    like a woman giving birth, since now you must leave the city,
    and you will seek shelter in the fields.
    You will go to Babylon.
    There you will be rescued.
    There the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

¹¹ But now many nations have banded together against you.
    They say, “Let her be degraded! Let our eyes gloat over Zion!”
¹² But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
    and they do not understand his plans,
    namely, that he will gather them together like bundles of grain on the threshing floor.
¹³ Rise up and thresh, Daughter of Zion,
    for I will turn your horns into iron,
    and I will make your hoofs bronze,
    and you will crush many peoples.
    You will dedicate what they have gained to the Lord,
    and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.