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Micah 4
New International Version

### The Mountain of the Lord(A)

4 In the last days

the mountain(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,(C)
and peoples will stream to it.(D)

2 Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(E)
to the temple of the God of Jacob.(F)
He will teach us(G) his ways,(H)
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(I) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(J)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(K)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war(L) anymore.(M)
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,(N)
and no one will make them afraid,(O)
for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(P)
5 All the nations may walk
in the name of their gods,(Q)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
our God for ever and ever.(R)

### The Lord’s Plan

6 “In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;(S)
I will assemble the exiles(T)
and those I have brought to grief.(U)
7 I will make the lame my remnant,(V)
those driven away a strong nation.(W)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion(X)
from that day and forever.(Y)
8 As for you, watchtower of the flock,
stronghold[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored(Z) to you;
kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.(AA)”

9 Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king[b](AB)?
Has your ruler[c] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(AC)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(AD)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(AE) you
out of the hand of your enemies.

11 But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat(AF) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(AG)
that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Rise and thresh,(AH) Daughter Zion,
for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
and you will break to pieces many nations.”(AI)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(AJ)
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

#### Footnotes

1. Micah 4:8 Or hill
2. Micah 4:9 Or King
3. Micah 4:9 Or Ruler

#### Cross references

1. Micah 4:1 : 4:1-3pp — Isa 2:1-4
2. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 48:1; Zec 8:3
3. Micah 4:1 : S Eze 17:22
4. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 22:27; 86:9; S Jer 3:17; S 31:12; S Da 2:35
5. Micah 4:2 : S Jer 31:6; S Eze 20:40
6. Micah 4:2 : Zec 2:11; 14:16
7. Micah 4:2 : S Ps 119:171
8. Micah 4:2 : Ps 25:8-9; S Isa 54:13
9. Micah 4:2 : S Dt 18:18
10. Micah 4:3 : S Isa 11:4
11. Micah 4:3 : Joel 3:10; Zec 9:10
12. Micah 4:3 : S Ps 46:9
13. Micah 4:3 : Zec 8:20-22
14. Micah 4:4 : S 1Ki 4:25
15. Micah 4:4 : S Lev 26:6; S Eze 39:26
16. Micah 4:4 : S Isa 1:20
17. Micah 4:5 : 2Ki 17:29; Ac 14:16
18. Micah 4:5 : Jos 24:14-15; Isa 26:8; Zec 10:12
19. Micah 4:6 : S Jer 31:8
20. Micah 4:6 : S Ps 106:47
21. Micah 4:6 : S Eze 34:13, 16; S 37:21; Zep 3:19
22. Micah 4:7 : S Joel 2:32; S Mic 2:12
23. Micah 4:7 : S Ge 12:2
24. Micah 4:7 : S Isa 2:2
25. Micah 4:7 : S Da 2:44; S 7:14; S Lk 1:33; Rev 11:15
26. Micah 4:8 : S Isa 1:26
27. Micah 4:8 : Zec 9:9
28. Micah 4:9 : Jer 8:19
29. Micah 4:9 : S Ge 3:16; Jer 30:6; 48:41
30. Micah 4:10 : S Dt 21:10; 2Ki 20:18; Isa 43:14
31. Micah 4:10 : S Isa 48:20
32. Micah 4:11 : S La 2:16; S Ob 1:12; Mic 7:8
33. Micah 4:12 : S Ge 50:20; S Isa 55:8; Ro 11:33-34
34. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 21:10
35. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 45:1; S Da 2:44
36. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 23:18

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