Micah 4:8-13

Christian Standard Bible

⁸ And you, watchtower for the flock,^(A)
fortified hill^[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former rule^(B) will come to you;
sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.

⁹ Now, why are you shouting loudly?^(C)
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished^(D)
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
¹⁰ Writhe and cry out,^[b](E) Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city^(F)
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;^(G)
there the Lord will redeem you^(H)
from the grasp of your enemies!
¹¹ Many nations have now assembled against you;^(I)
they say, “Let her be defiled,
and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
¹² But they do not know the Lord’s intentions^(J)
or understand his plan,
that he has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.
¹³ Rise and thresh,^(K) Daughter Zion,
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze
so you can crush many peoples.^(L)
Then you^[c] will set apart their plunder^(M)
for the Lord,
their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.