1 ¶ But in the last days it will come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the highest of the mountains, and it will be raised above the hills; and people will flow to it.

2 And many nations will come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law will go out of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

3 And he will judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations far away; and they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation will not lift up a sword against nation, nor will they learn war any more.

4 But everyone will sit under his own vine and fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of armies has spoken.

5 Though all peoples now walk in the name of their god, we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.

6 In that day, says the LORD, will I gather in the lame, and I will bring together those who have been driven away, whom I made to suffer;

7 And I will make those who are lame a remnant, and those who are exiled a strong nation: and the LORD will reign over them in mount Zion from then on, even for ever.

8 ¶ Then you, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, your dominion will return to you; the people of Jerusalem will again be a kingdom.

9 Why are you crying so loud now? is there no king among you? has your counselor perished? for pains have come upon you like those of a woman in travail.

10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now you will leave the city, and will live in the fields, and you will go to Babylon; there you will be delivered; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.

11 Now many nations gather against you, and say, Let Zion be defiled, and we will watch her.

12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, nor do they understand his counsel: for he will gather them like sheaves on the threshing floor.

13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horns iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you will crush many people: and I will consecrate their spoils to the LORD, and their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.