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Peaceful Latter Days
And it will come about in the Alast days
That the Bmountain of the house of the Loʀᴅ
Will be established 1as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the Cpeoples will stream to it.
AMany nations will come and say,
BCome and let us go up to the mountain of the Loʀᴅ
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That CHe may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths.”
For Dfrom Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the Loʀᴅ from Jerusalem.
And He will Ajudge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, 1distant nations.
Then they will hammer their swords Binto plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they 2train for war.
Each of them will Asit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With Bno one to make them afraid,
For the Cmouth of the Loʀᴅ of hosts has spoken.
Though all the peoples walk
Each in the Aname of his god,
As for us, Bwe will walk
In the name of the CLoʀᴅ our God forever and ever.
 
“In that day,” declares the Loʀᴅ,
“I will assemble the Alame
And Bgather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted.
“I will make the lame a Aremnant
And the outcasts a strong nation,
And the BLoʀᴅ will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.
“As for you, 1Atower of the flock,
2Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come
Even the Bformer dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
 
Now, why do you Acry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your Bcounselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?
10 AWrithe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will Bgo out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
CThere you will be rescued;
DThere the Loʀᴅ will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.
11 “And now Amany nations have been assembled against you
Who say, ‘Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes 1gloat over Zion.’
12 “But they do not Aknow the thoughts of the Loʀᴅ,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 Arise and Athresh, daughter of Zion,
For your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may Bpulverize many peoples,
That you may Cdevote to the Loʀᴅ their unjust gain
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
A 4:1 Is 2:2-4; Dan 2:28; 10:14; Hos 3:5 B 4:1 Ezek 43:12; Mic 3:12; Zech 8:3 1 4:1 Lit on C 4:1 Ps 22:27; 86:9; Jer 3:17 A 4:2 Zech 2:11; 14:16 B 4:2 Is 2:3; Jer 31:6 C 4:2 Ps 25:8, 9, 12; Is 54:13 D 4:2 Is 42:1-4; Zech 14:8, 9 A 4:3 Is 2:4; 11:3-5 1 4:3 Lit at a distance B 4:3 Joel 3:10 2 4:3 Lit learn A 4:4 1 Kin 4:25; Zech 3:10 B 4:4 Lev 26:6; Jer 30:10 C 4:4 Is 1:20; 40:5 A 4:5 2 Kin 17:29 B 4:5 Zech 10:12 C 4:5 Josh 24:15; Is 26:8, 13 A 4:6 Zeph 3:19 B 4:6 Ps 147:2; Ezek 34:13, 16; 37:21 A 4:7 Mic 5:7, 8; 7:18 B 4:7 Is 24:23 1 4:8 Heb Migdal-eder A 4:8 Ps 48:3, 12; 61:3; Mic 2:12 2 4:8 Heb Ophel of B 4:8 Is 1:26; Zech 9:10 A 4:9 Jer 8:19 B 4:9 Is 3:1-3 A 4:10 Mic 5:3 B 4:10 2 Kin 20:18; Hos 2:14 C 4:10 Is 43:14; 45:13; Mic 7:8-12 D 4:10 Is 48:20; 52:9-12 A 4:11 Is 5:25-30; 17:12-14 1 4:11 Lit look on A 4:12 Ps 147:19, 20 A 4:13 Is 41:15 B 4:13 Jer 51:20-23 C 4:13 Is 60:9