Keraia
Minor Prophets

Micah 4

The Mountain of the House of the LORD

1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD

will be established as the chief of the mountains;

it will be raised above the hills,

and the peoples will stream to it.

1And it will come to pass at the end of the days, that the mountain of the house of YHWH will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and the peoples will flow to it.

2And many nations will come and say:

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us His ways,

so that we may walk in His paths.”

For the law will go forth from Zion

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

2And many nations will come and say “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, and to the house of the God of Jacob; He will instruct us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem.

3Then He will judge between many peoples

and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide.

Then they will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation,

nor will they train anymore for war.

3And He will judge between many peoples, and He will decide even for strong nations, those far off. And they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up a sword against nation, and they will not learn war anymore;

4And each man will sit under his own vine

and under his own fig tree,

with no one to frighten him.

For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

4and each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, and there will not be one making them afraid, for the mouth of YHWH of Hosts has spoken.

5Though all the nations

may walk in the name of their gods,

yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God

forever and ever.

5For all the peoples walk, each man in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of YHWH our God forever and ever.

The Restoration of Zion

6“On that day,” declares the LORD,

“I will gather the lame;

I will assemble the outcast,

even those whom I have afflicted.

6“On that day,” a declaration of YHWH, “I will gather the lame, and I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.

7And I will make the lame into a remnant,

the outcast into a strong nation.

Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion

from that day and forever.

7And I will set the lame as a remnant, and those cast out as a strong nation. And YHWH will reign over them on Mount Zion from now and even to forever.

8And you, O watchtower of the flock,

O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—

the former dominion will be restored to you;

sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

8And you, Migdal-eder, O citadel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come—the former dominion will come—the kingdom to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

9Why do you now cry aloud?

Is there no king among you?

Has your counselor perished

so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

9Now why do you shout with shouting? Is there no king among you? Or has your counselor perished, that has gripped you anguish like a woman in labor?

10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion,

like a woman in labor.

For now you will leave the city

and camp in the open fields.

You will go to Babylon;

there you will be rescued;

there the LORD will redeem you

from the hand of your enemies!

10Writhe, and bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will go forth from the city, and you will dwell in the field, and you will go to Babylon. There you will be delivered, there YHWH will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

11But now many nations

have assembled against you,

saying, “Let her be defiled,

and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

11And now many nations are gathered against you, those saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”

12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD

or understand His plan,

for He has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

12And they do not know the thoughts of YHWH, and they do not understand His counsel, how He gathers them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion,

for I will give you horns of iron

and hooves of bronze

to break to pieces many peoples.

Then you will devote their gain to the LORD,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

13Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion. For your horn I will set as iron, and your hooves I will set as bronze; and you will crush many peoples, and you will devote to YHWH their gain, and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.