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.”