¹But in the latter days ,

it will happen that the mountain of the LORD ’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains ,

and it will be exalted above the hills ;

and peoples will stream to it .

²Many nations will go and say ,

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

and to the house of the God of Jacob ;

and he will teach us of his ways ,

and we will walk in his paths .”

For the law will go out of Zion ,

and the LORD ’s word from Jerusalem ;

³and he will judge between many peoples ,

and will decide concerning strong nations afar off .

They will beat their swords into ploughshares,

and their spears into pruning hooks .

Nation will not lift up sword against nation ,

neither will they learn war any more .

⁴But every man will sit under his vine and under his fig tree .

No one will make them afraid ,

for the mouth of the LORD of Armies has spoken .

⁵Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods,

but we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever .

⁶“In that day ,” says the LORD ,

“I will assemble that which is lame ,

and I will gather that which is driven away ,

and that which I have afflicted ;

⁷and I will make that which was lame a remnant ,

and that which was cast far off a strong nation :

and the LORD will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on , even forever .”

⁸You , tower of the flock , the hill of the daughter of Zion ,

to you it will come.

Yes, the former dominion will come,

the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem .

⁹Now why do you cry out aloud ?

Is there no king in you ?

Has your counsellor perished,

that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail ?

¹⁰Be in pain , and labour to give birth , daughter of Zion ,

like a woman in travail ;

for now you will go out of the city ,

and will dwell in the field ,

and will come even to Babylon.

There you will be rescued .

There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

¹¹Now many nations have assembled against you , that say,

“Let her be defiled ,

and let our eye gloat over Zion .”

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

neither do they understand his counsel ;

for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor .

¹³Arise and thresh , daughter of Zion ,

for I will make your horn iron ,

and I will make your hoofs bronze .

You will beat in pieces many peoples .

I will devote their gain to the LORD ,

and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.