Micah 4:1-13

In the last days  the mountain of the  Lord’s house  will be established at the top of the mountains and will be raised above the hills. Peoples will stream to it,  and many nations will come and say,  “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the  Lord,  to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways  so we may walk in his paths.” For instruction will go out of Zion  and the word of the  Lord from Jerusalem. He will settle disputes among many peoples  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. But each person will sit under his grapevine  and under his fig tree with no one to frighten him.  For the mouth of the Lord   of Armies has spoken. Though all the peoples walk in the name of their own gods,  we will walk  in the name of the  Lord  our God forever and ever.  On that day — this is the  Lord’s declaration — I will assemble the lame and gather the scattered,  those I have injured. I will make the lame into a remnant,  those far removed into a strong nation. Then the Lord will reign over them  in Mount Zion from this time on and forever. And you, watchtower for the flock,  fortified hill  of Daughter Zion, the former rule  will come to you; sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem. Now, why are you shouting loudly?  Is there no king with you? Has your counselor perished  so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor? Writhe and cry out,  , Daughter 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 grasp of your enemies! Many nations have now assembled against you;  they say, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” But they do not know the  Lord’s intentions  or understand his plan, that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. Rise and thresh,  Daughter Zion, for I will make your horns iron and your hooves bronze so you can crush many peoples.  Then you  will set apart their plunder  for the Lord, their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.