66 lines
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66 lines
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# Chapter 4
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1 It shall come to pass in the latter days
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that the mountain of the house of the Lord
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shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
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and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
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and peoples shall flow to it,
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2 and many nations shall come, and say:
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“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
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to the house of the God of Jacob,
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that he may teach us his ways
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and that we may walk in his paths.”
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For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
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and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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3 He shall judge between many peoples,
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and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;
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and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
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and their spears into pruning hooks;
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nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
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neither shall they learn war anymore;
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4 but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,
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and no one shall make them afraid,
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for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
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5 For all the peoples walk
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each in the name of its god,
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but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
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forever and ever.
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6 In that day, declares the Lord,
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I will assemble the lame
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and gather those who have been driven away
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and those whom I have afflicted;
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7 and the lame I will make the remnant,
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and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
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and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
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from this time forth and forevermore.
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8 And you, O tower of the flock,
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hill of the daughter of Zion,
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to you shall it come,
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the former dominion shall come,
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kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
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Is there no king in you?
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Has your counselor perished,
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that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
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10 Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,
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like a woman in labor,
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for now you shall go out from the city
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and dwell in the open country;
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you shall go to Babylon.
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There you shall be rescued;
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there the Lord will redeem you
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from the hand of your enemies.
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11 Now many nations
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are assembled against you,
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saying, “Let her be defiled,
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and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
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12 But they do not know
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the thoughts of the Lord;
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they do not understand his plan,
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that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
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13 Arise and thresh,
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O daughter of Zion,
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for I will make your horn iron,
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and I will make your hoofs bronze;
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you shall beat in pieces many peoples;
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and shall devote their gain to the Lord,
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their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth. |