Micah 4:6-13
Legacy Standard Bible
6 “In that day,” declares Yahweh,
“I will assemble the (A)lame
And (B)gather the banished,
Even those upon whom I have brought calamity.
7 I will make the lame a (C)remnant
And the outcasts a mighty nation,
And (D)Yahweh will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
8 And as for you, [a](E)tower of the flock,
[b]Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come—
Even the (F)former dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
9 “Now, why do you (G)make a loud shout?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your (H)counselor perished,
That writhing has taken hold of you like a woman in childbirth?
10 (I)Writhe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will (J)go out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
(K)There you will be delivered;
(L)There Yahweh will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
11 But now (M)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes behold Zion in triumph.’
12 But they do not (N)know the thoughts of Yahweh,
And they do not understand His counsel;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 Arise and (O)thresh, daughter of Zion,
For your horn I will make iron,
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may (P)pulverize many peoples,
That you may (Q)devote to Yahweh their greedy gain unto destruction
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
Micah 4:6-13
Evangelical Heritage Version
Gathering the Scattered People
6 On that day, says the Lord,
I will bring in the lame
and gather the scattered,
even those I have afflicted.
7 I will establish the lame as survivors
and the scattered as a powerful nation.
The Lord will rule over them on Mount Zion
from that time on and forever.
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.
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