¹But in the acharit-hayamim it will come about

that the mountain of Adonai ’s house

will be established as the most important mountain.

It will be regarded more highly than the other hills,

and peoples will stream there.

²Many Gentiles will go and say,

“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Adonai ,

to the house of the God of Ya‘akov!

He will teach us about his ways,

and we will walk in his paths.”

For out of Tziyon will go forth Torah ,

the word of Adonai from Yerushalayim.

³He will judge between many peoples

and arbitrate for many nations far away.

Then they will hammer their swords into plow-blades

and their spears into pruning-knives;

nations will not raise swords at each other,

and they will no longer learn war.

⁴Instead, each person will sit under his vine

and fig tree, with no one to upset him,

for the mouth of Adonai -Tzva’ot

has spoken.

⁵For all the peoples will walk,

each in the name of its god;

but we will walk in the name of Adonai

our God forever and ever.

⁶“When that day comes,” says Adonai ,

“I will assemble the lame

and gather those who were dispersed,

along with those I afflicted.

⁷I will make the lame a remnant

and those who were driven off a strong nation.”

Adonai will rule them on Mount Tziyon

from that time forth and forever.

⁸You, tower of the flock,

hill of the daughter of Tziyon,

to you your former sovereignty will return,

the royal power of the daughter of Yerushalayim.

⁹Why are you now crying out?

Don’t you have a king?

Has your counselor been destroyed,

that you are seized with pain like a woman in labor?

¹⁰Be in pain! Work to give birth

like a woman in labor, daughter of Tziyon!

For now you will go out of the city

and live in the wilds till you reach Bavel.

There you will be rescued;

there Adonai will redeem you

from the power of your enemies.

¹¹Now many nations have gathered against you;

they say, “Let her be defiled,

let’s gloat over Tziyon.”

¹²But they don’t know the thoughts of Adonai ,

they don’t understand his plan;

for he has gathered them like sheaves

on the threshing-floor.

¹³Get up! Start threshing, daughter of Tziyon!

“For I will make your horns like iron

and your hoofs like bronze.”

You will crush many peoples

and devote their plunder to Adonai ,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

¹⁴Now gather yourself in troops,

you who are accustomed to being in troops;

they have laid siege to us.

They are striking the judge of Isra’el

on the cheek with a stick.