But in the last hopeful days that are coming, the temple mountain of the Eternal One will tower over all other mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and people will flow up it like rivers. 2 The nations of the world will say, “Come, let’s go up, everyone, to the mountain of the Eternal One, to the house of the God of Jacob, So He can teach us His way and we can follow in His footsteps.” For God’s law will march out of Zion—the Eternal’s word from Jerusalem. 3 He will judge between many people and arbitrate disputes between strong faraway nations; they will hammer their swords into plow blades, their spears into pruning hooks. One nation will not attack another, and they will give up war training and maneuvers. 4 But they will each sit under their own vines and fig trees, and no one will make them afraid again Because the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, has ordered it so. 5 All people move ahead in the name of their own gods, whatever they are, but we move ahead in the name of the Eternal, Our True God, forever and ever. In the New Testament Jesus speaks of a kingdom where love, respect, and peace are the norms. It is clear that Micah, too, looks toward a future when there will be no war and neighbors will share their shade trees with no fear. A time without war and hostility between nations and neighbors can only be realized under the rule of the Prince of Peace. 6 Eternal One: In that day of hope, I will gather the lame, 9 Now, why do you cry aloud? 13 Eternal One: Come on in, and start threshing this grain, daughter of Zion; And they will dedicate what they have stolen to the Eternal, Eternal One: Now, muster your troops O daughter.[a] You have been besieged, |
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