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Peaceful Latter Days

¹ And it will come about in the ^(C1)last days
That the ^(C2)mountain of the house of the LORD
Will be established ^(F1)as the chief of the mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
And the ^(C3)peoples will stream to it.

^2 (C1)Many nations will come and say,
"^(C2)Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD
And to the house of the God of Jacob,
That ^(C3)He may teach us about His ways
And that we may walk in His paths."
For ^(C4)from Zion will go forth the law,
Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

³ And He will ^(C1)judge between many peoples
And render decisions for mighty, ^(F1)distant nations.
Then they will hammer their swords ^(C2)into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
And never again will they ^(F2)train for war.

⁴ Each of them will ^(C1)sit under his vine
And under his fig tree,
With ^(C2)no one to make them afraid,
For the ^(C3)mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

⁵ Though all the peoples walk
Each in the ^(C1)name of his god,
As for us, ^(C2)we will walk
In the name of the ^(C3)LORD our God forever and ever.

⁶ "In that day," declares the LORD,
"I will assemble the ^(C1)lame
And ^(C2)gather the outcasts,
Even those whom I have afflicted.

⁷ "I will make the lame a ^(C1)remnant
And the outcasts a strong nation,
And the ^(C2)LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on and forever.

⁸ "As for you, ^(F1)(C1)tower of the flock,
^(F2)Hill of the daughter of Zion,
To you it will come--
Even the ^(C2)former dominion will come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

⁹ "Now, why do you ^(C1)cry out loudly?
Is there no king among you,
Or has your ^(C2)counselor perished,
That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth?

¹⁰ "^(C1)Writhe and labor to give birth,
Daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in childbirth;
For now you will ^(C2)go out of the city,
Dwell in the field,
And go to Babylon.
^(C3)There you will be rescued;
^(C4)There the LORD will redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.

¹¹ "And now ^(C1)many nations have been assembled against you
Who say, 'Let her be polluted,
And let our eyes ^(F1)gloat over Zion.'

¹² "But they do not ^(C1)know the thoughts of the LORD,
And they do not understand His purpose;
For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

¹³ "Arise and ^(C1)thresh, daughter of Zion,
For your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
That you may ^(C2)pulverize many peoples,
That you may ^(C3)devote to the LORD their unjust gain
And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.