Bible Gateway passage: Micah 4 - New International Version (2024)

The Mountain of the Lord^(A)

4In the last days

the mountain^(B) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,^(C)
and peoples will stream to it.^(D)

²Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,^(E)
to the temple of the God of Jacob.^(F)
He will teach us^(G) his ways,^(H)
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(I) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
³He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.^(J)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.^(K)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war^(L) anymore.^(M)
4Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,^(N)
and no one will make them afraid,^(O)
for the Lord Almighty has spoken.^(P)
5All the nations may walk
in the name of their gods,^(Q)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
our God for ever and ever.^(R)

The Lord’s Plan

⁶“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;^(S)
I will assemble the exiles^(T)
and those I have brought to grief.^(U)
7I will make the lame my remnant,^(V)
those driven away a strong nation.^(W)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion^(X)
from that day and forever.^(Y)
8As for you, watchtower of the flock,
stronghold^[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored^(Z) to you;
kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.^(AA)”

⁹Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king^[b](AB)?
Has your ruler^[c] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?^(AC)
10Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;^(AD)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem^(AE) you
out of the hand of your enemies.

¹¹But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat^(AF) over Zion!”
¹²But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,^(AG)
that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
¹³“Rise and thresh,^(AH) Daughter Zion,
for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
and you will break to pieces many nations.”^(AI)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,^(AJ)
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Footnotes

1. Micah 4:8 Or hill
2. Micah 4:9 Or King
3. Micah 4:9 Or Ruler

Cross references

1. Micah 4:1 : 4:1-3pp — Isa 2:1-4
2. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 48:1; Zec 8:3
3. Micah 4:1 : S Eze 17:22
4. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 22:27; 86:9; S Jer 3:17; S 31:12; S Da 2:35
5. Micah 4:2 : S Jer 31:6; S Eze 20:40
6. Micah 4:2 : Zec 2:11; 14:16
7. Micah 4:2 : S Ps 119:171
8. Micah 4:2 : Ps 25:8-9; S Isa 54:13
9. Micah 4:2 : S Dt 18:18
10. Micah 4:3 : S Isa 11:4
11. Micah 4:3 : Joel 3:10; Zec 9:10
12. Micah 4:3 : S Ps 46:9
13. Micah 4:3 : Zec 8:20-22
14. Micah 4:4 : S 1Ki 4:25
15. Micah 4:4 : S Lev 26:6; S Eze 39:26
16. Micah 4:4 : S Isa 1:20
17. Micah 4:5 : 2Ki 17:29; Ac 14:16
18. Micah 4:5 : Jos 24:14-15; Isa 26:8; Zec 10:12
19. Micah 4:6 : S Jer 31:8
20. Micah 4:6 : S Ps 106:47
21. Micah 4:6 : S Eze 34:13, 16; S 37:21; Zep 3:19
22. Micah 4:7 : S Joel 2:32; S Mic 2:12
23. Micah 4:7 : S Ge 12:2
24. Micah 4:7 : S Isa 2:2
25. Micah 4:7 : S Da 2:44; S 7:14; S Lk 1:33; Rev 11:15
26. Micah 4:8 : S Isa 1:26
27. Micah 4:8 : Zec 9:9
28. Micah 4:9 : Jer 8:19
29. Micah 4:9 : S Ge 3:16; Jer 30:6; 48:41
30. Micah 4:10 : S Dt 21:10; 2Ki 20:18; Isa 43:14
31. Micah 4:10 : S Isa 48:20
32. Micah 4:11 : S La 2:16; S Ob 1:12; Mic 7:8
33. Micah 4:12 : S Ge 50:20; S Isa 55:8; Ro 11:33-34
34. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 21:10
35. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 45:1; S Da 2:44
36. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 23:18