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    Micah · 13 verses

    Micah 4

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    Babylon is both the road out and the place of rescue: the city is left, the open fields endured, and then the LORD redeems.

    A mountain above the hillsvv. 1–5

    The mountain of the house of the LORD rises above every hill, and the peoples stream uphill to be taught. From Zion and Jerusalem come law and the word of the LORD; swords become plowshares, spears become pruning hooks, and everyone settles beneath a vine and fig tree without fright. The nations may keep walking in the names of their gods, but the speaker remains with the LORD forever.

    The scattered gatheredvv. 6–8

    The LORD gathers the lame and the outcast, turning the lame into a remnant and the outcast into a strong nation. Then the old dominion returns to the watchtower of the flock, while sovereignty comes to the Daughter of Jerusalem—a remarkably grand restoration for people first introduced as the scattered and afflicted.

    Babylon, the unlikely rescuevv. 9–13

    The Daughter of Zion cries as though her king and counselor have vanished, and the answer is not an immediate return to comfort: she leaves the city, camps in open fields, and goes to Babylon. There, astonishingly, rescue waits. The nations gathering against Zion think they are arranging a feast for themselves, but the LORD has arranged them like sheaves on a threshing floor; Zion is then given iron horns and bronze hooves, which is farming equipment of a distinctly alarming sort.

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    1. Mic 4:1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

    2. Mic 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

    3. Mic 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

    4. Mic 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

    5. Mic 4:5Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

    6. Mic 4:6“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.

    7. Mic 4:7And I will make the lame into a remnant, the outcast into a strong nation. Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever.

    8. Mic 4:8And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

    9. Mic 4:9Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

    10. Mic 4:10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of 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 hand of your enemies!

    11. Mic 4:11But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

    12. Mic 4:12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

    13. Mic 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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    • 3Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
    • 1Isaiah 2:1–4This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem:
    • 1Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
    • 4Zechariah 3:10On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
    • 2Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
    • 41 Kings 4:25Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
    • 6Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
    • 1Zechariah 14:16–21Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
    • 1Acts 2:17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
    • 2Jeremiah 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
    • 1Psalms 86:9All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
    • 1Zechariah 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
    • 2Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
    • 2Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
    • 1Ezekiel 43:12This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
    • 1Hosea 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

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