The Lord’s Reign in Zion

1 Nowit shall come to pass in the latter days

Thatthe mountain of theLord’s house

Shall be established on the top of the mountains,

And shall be exalted above the hills;

And peoples shall flow to it.

2 Many nations shall come and say,

“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of theLord,

To the house of the God of Jacob;

He will teach us His ways,

And we shall walk in His paths.”

For out of Zion the law shall go forth,

And the word of theLordfrom Jerusalem.

3 He shall judge between many peoples,

And rebuke strong nations afar off;

They shall beat their swords intoplowshares,

And their spears into pruning hooks;

Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

Neither shall they learn war anymore.

4 But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree,

And no one shall makethemafraid;

For the mouth of theLordof hosts has spoken.

5 For all people walk each in the name of his god,

Butwe will walk in the name of theLordour God

Forever and ever.

Zion’s Future Triumph

6 “In that day,” says theLord,

“I will assemble the lame,

I will gather the outcast

And those whom I have afflicted;

7 I will make the lamea remnant,

And the outcast a strong nation;

So theLordwill reign over them in Mount Zion

From now on, even forever.

8 And you, O tower of the flock,

The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,

To you shall it come,

Even the former dominion shall come,

The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”

9 Now why do you cry aloud?

Isthereno king in your midst?

Has your counselor perished?

Forpangs have seized you like a woman in labor.

10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,

O daughter of Zion,

Like a woman in birth pangs.

For now you shall go forth from the city,

You shall dwell in the field,

And toBabylon you shall go.

There you shall be delivered;

There theLordwillredeem you

From the hand of your enemies.

11 Now also many nations have gathered against you,

Who say, “Let her be defiled,

And let our eyelook upon Zion.”

12 But they do not knowthe thoughts of theLord,

Nor do they understand His counsel;

For He will gather themlike sheaves to the threshing floor.

13 “Ariseandthresh, O daughter of Zion;

For I will make your horn iron,

And I will make your hooves bronze;

You shallbeat in pieces many peoples;

I will consecrate their gain to theLord,

And their substance tothe Lord of the whole earth.”