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THE LORD’S RULE FROM RESTORED ZION
4 In the last daysr
the mountain of the Lord’s houses
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,t
2 and many nations will come and say,u
“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,v
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about his waysw
so we may walk in his paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zionx
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will settle disputes among many peoplesy
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.
4 But each person will sit under his grapevinez
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.aa
For the mouth of the Lordab of Armies
has spoken.
in the name of their own gods,ac
we will walkad in the name of the Lord our God
forever and ever.ae
this is the Lord’s declaration—
I will assemble the lame
and gather the scattered,af
those I have injured.
7 I will make the lame into a remnant,ag
those far removed into a strong nation.
Then the Lord will reign over themah in Mount Zion
from this time on and forever.
8 And you, watchtower for the flock,ai
fortified hillA of Daughter Zion,
the former ruleaj will come to you;
sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.
9 Now, why are you shouting loudly?ak
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perishedal
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
10 Writhe and cry out,B,am Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the cityan
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;ao
there the Lord will redeem youa
from the grasp of your enemies!
11 Many nations have now assembled against you;b
they say, “Let her be defiled,
and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
12 But they do not know the Lord’s intentionsc
or understand his plan,
that he has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 Rise and thresh,d Daughter Zion,
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze
so you can crush many peoples.e
Then youC will set apart their plunderf
for the Lord,
their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.
FROM DEFEATED RULER TO CONQUERING KING
5 Now, daughter who is under attack,
you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judgeg of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.
2 Bethlehem Ephrathah,h
you are small among the clans of Judah;
one will come from youi
to be ruler over Israel for me.j
His originD is from antiquity,k
from ancient times.
3 Therefore, Israel will be abandonedl until the time
when she who is in laborm has given birth;
then the rest of the ruler’s brothersn will return
to the people of Israel.o
4 He will stand and shepherd themp
in the strength of the Lord,
in the majestic name of the Lord his God.
They will live securely,
for then his greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.q
5 He will be their peace.r
When Assyria invades our land,s
when it marches against our fortresses,
we will raise against it seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.
6 They will shepherdt the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrodu with a drawn blade.A
So he will rescue usv from Assyria
when it invades our land,
when it marches against our territory.
THE GLORIOUS AND PURIFIED REMNANT
7 Then the remnant of Jacobw
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,x
like showers on the grass,y
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.
will be among the nations, among many peoples,
like a lion among animals of the forest,z
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramplesaa and tearsab as it passes through,
and there is no one to rescue them.ac
9 Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries,ad
and all your enemies will be destroyed.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
I will remove your horses from youae
and wreck your chariots.
11 I will remove the cities of your landaf
and tear down all your fortresses.ag
12 I will remove sorceries from your hands,ah
and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.
13 I will remove your carved imagesai
and sacred pillars from you
so that you will no longer worship
the work of your hands.
14 I will pull up the Asherah polesaj from among youak
and demolish your cities.B
15 I will take vengeance in anger and wrathal
against the nations that have not obeyed me.
6 Now listen to what the Lord is saying:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your complaint.C
2 Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit,am
you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth,a
because the Lord has a case against his people,b
and he will argue it against Israel.
3 My people,c what have I done to you,d
or how have I wearied you?e
Testify against me!
4 Indeed, I brought you upf from the land of Egypt
and redeemed youg from that place of slavery.h
I sent Moses,i Aaron, and Miriamj ahead of you.
remember what King Balak of Moabk proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,l
and what happened from the Acacia GroveA,m to Gilgaln
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.o
6 What should I bring before the Lordp
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before him with burnt offerings,q
with year-old calves?
7 Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of ramsr
or with ten thousand streams of oil?
Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,s
the offspring of my body for my own sin?
8 Mankind, he has told each of you what is goodt
and what it is the Lord requires of you:u
to act justly,v
to love faithfulness,w
and to walk humbly with your God.x
9 The voice of the Lord calls out to the cityB
(and it is wise to fear your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the one who ordained it.C
10 Are there stillD the treasures of wickednessy
and the accursed short measurez
in the house of the wicked?
or bags of deceptive weights?aa
12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,ab
and its residents speak lies;ac
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.ad
13 “As a result, I have begun to strike you severely,E,ae
bringing desolation because of your sins.af
14 You will eat but not be satisfied,ag
for there will be hunger within you.
What you acquire, you cannot save,ah
and what you do save,
I will give to the sword.D
15 You will sow but not reap;ai
you will press olives
but not anoint yourself with oil;
and you will tread grapes
but not drink the wine.aj
and all the practices of Ahab’s house
have been observed;
you have followed their policies.ak
Therefore, I will make you a desolate placeal
7 How sad for me!
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvestao—
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.ap
2 Faithful people have vanished from the land;aq
there is no one upright among the people.ar
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;as
they hunt each other with a net.at
3 Both hands are goodau at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;a
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
4 The best of them is like a brier;b
the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.c
The day of your watchmen,
the day of your punishment, is coming;d
at this time their panic is here.e
5 Do not rely on a friend;f
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
6 Surely a son considers his father a fool,g
a daughter opposes her mother,
and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7 But I will look to the Lord;h
I will wait for the God of my salvation.i
My God will hear me.j
8 Do not rejoice over me,k my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;l
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.m
9 Because I have sinned against him,
I must endure the Lord’s fury
until he champions my causen
and establishes justice for me.o
He will bring me into the light;p
and she will be covered with shame,
the one who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”r
My eyes will look at her in triumph;
at that time she will be trampled
like mud in the streets.s
11 A day will come for rebuilding your walls;t
on that day your boundary will be extended.u
12 On that day people will come to youv
from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates River
and from sea to sea
and mountain to mountain.
13 Then the earth will become a wastelandw
because of its inhabitants
and as a result of their actions.x
14 Shepherd your peopley with your staff,z
the flock that is your possession.
They live aloneaa in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gileadab
as in ancient times.ac
15 I will perform miracles for themA
as in the days of your exodus
from the land of Egypt.ad
16 Nations will see and be ashamed
ofB all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths,ae
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick the dust like a snake;af
they will come trembling out of their hiding placesag
like reptiles slithering on the ground.ah
They will tremble in the presence of the Lord our God;ai
they will stand in awe of you.
18 Who is a God like you,aj
forgiving iniquity and passing over rebellionak
for the remnant of his inheritance?al
He does not hold on to his anger foreveram
because he delights in faithful love.an
19 He will again have compassion on us;
he will vanquish our iniquities.ao
You will cast all ourC sins
into the depths of the sea.ap
20 You will show loyalty to Jacobaq
and faithful love to Abraham,
as you swore to our ancestorsar
from days long ago.
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