Micah 4-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

4 In the last days^(A)
the mountain of the Lord’s house^(B)
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,^(C)
2 and many nations will come and say,^(D)
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,^(E)
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways^(F)
so we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion^(G)
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
³ He will settle disputes among many peoples^(H)
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 man will sit under his grapevine^(I)
and under his fig tree
with no one to frighten him.^(J)
For the mouth of the Lord^(K) of Hosts
has promised this.
⁵ Though all the peoples each walk
in the name of their gods,^(L)
we will walk^(M) in the name of Yahweh our God
forever and ever.^(N)

⁹ Now, why are you shouting loudly?^(T)
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished^(U)
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
¹⁰ Writhe and cry out,^[b](V) Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you will leave the city^(W)
and camp in the open fields.
You will go to Babylon;
there you will be rescued;^(X)
there the Lord will redeem you^(Y)
from the power of your enemies!
¹¹ Many nations have now assembled against you;^(Z)
they say, “Let her be defiled,
and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
¹² But they do not know the Lord’s intentions^(AA)
or understand His plan,
that He has gathered them
like sheaves to the threshing floor.
¹³ Rise and thresh,^(AB) Daughter Zion,
for I will make your horns iron
and your hooves bronze,
so you can crush many peoples.^(AC)
Then you^[c] will set apart their plunder^(AD)
to the Lord for destruction,
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

5 ^[d]Now, daughter who is under attack,
you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge^(AE) of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.
^2 [e]Bethlehem Ephrathah,^(AF)
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you^(AG)
to be ruler over Israel for Me.^(AH)
His origin^[f] is from antiquity,^(AI)
from eternity.^[g]
3 Therefore, He will abandon them^(AJ) until the time
when she who is in labor^(AK) has given birth;
then the rest of His brothers^(AL) will return
to the people of Israel.^(AM)
4 He will stand and shepherd them^(AN)
in the strength of Yahweh,
in the majestic name of Yahweh His God.
They will live securely,
for then His greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.^(AO)
5 He will be their peace.^(AP)
When Assyria invades our land,^(AQ)
when it marches against our fortresses,
we will raise against it seven shepherds,
even eight leaders of men.
⁶ They will shepherd^(AR) the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrod^(AS) with a drawn blade.^[h]
So He will rescue us^(AT) from Assyria
when it invades our land,
when it marches against our territory.

⁷ Then the remnant of Jacob^(AU)
will be among many peoples
like dew from the Lord,^(AV)
like showers on the grass,^(AW)
which do not wait for anyone
or linger for mankind.
⁸ Then the remnant of Jacob
will be among the nations, among many peoples,
like a lion among animals of the forest,^(AX)
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which tramples^(AY) and tears^(AZ) as it passes through,
and there is no one to rescue them.^(BA)
9 Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries,^(BB)
and all your enemies will be destroyed.