A peaceable world

¹But in the days to come,

²Many nations will go and say:

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

Instruction will come from Zion

³God will judge between the nations

They will beat their swords into iron plows

Nation will not take up sword against nation;

⁴All will sit underneath their own grapevines,

There will be no one to terrify them;

An assertion of enduring loyalty

⁵Each of the peoples walks in the name of their own god;

Dominion in Zion

⁶On that day, says the LORD ,

⁷I will make the lame into survivors,

The LORD will rule over them on Mount Zion

⁸As for you, Tower of Eder, hill of Daughter Zion,[#4.8 Or tower of the flock]

as for you it will come,

God is in control

⁹Now why do you cry out so loudly?

Isn’t the king in you?

Or has your counselor perished,

¹⁰Writhe and scream, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor!

¹¹Now many nations may gather against you;

¹²But they don’t know the plans of the LORD ;

¹³Arise and thresh, Daughter Zion,

You will crush many peoples;