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But in the latter days,
    it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains,
    and it will be exalted above the hills;
    and peoples will stream to it.
Many nations will go and say,
    “Come! Let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
    and to the house of the God of Jacob;
    and he will teach us of his ways,
    and we will walk in his paths.”
For the law will go out of Zion,
    and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem;
and he will judge between many peoples,
    and will decide concerning strong nations afar off.
    They will beat their swords into plowshares,
    and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
    neither will they learn war any more.
But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;
    and no one will make them afraid:
For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken.     Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods;
    but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.

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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