Peaceful Latter Days
But it shall come about in the alast daysThat the bmountain of the house of the LORDShall be established as the highest and chief of the mountains;It shall be above the hills,And cpeoples shall flow like a river to it.Is 2:2-4; Dan 2:28; 10:14; Hos 3:5Ezek 43:12; Mic 3:12; Zech 8:3Ps 22:27; 86:9; Jer 3:172 And amany nations shall come and say,“bCome, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,To the house of the God of Jacob,That cHe may teach us about His waysAnd that we may walk in His paths.”For the law shall go forward dfrom Zion,And the word of the LORD the revelation about Him and His truth from Jerusalem.Zech 2:11; 14:16Is 2:3; Jer 31:6Ps 25:8, 9, 12; Is 54:13Is 42:1-4; Zech 14:8, 93 And He will ajudge between many peoplesAnd render decisions for strong and distant nations.Then they shall hammer their swords binto plowsharesAnd their spears into pruning hooks so that the implements of war may become the tools of agriculture;Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,Nor shall they ever again train for war. Is 2:2-4; Joel 3:10Is 2:4; 11:3-5Joel 3:104 Each of them shall asit in security and peace under his vineAnd under his fig tree,With bno one to make them afraid,For the cmouth of the omnipotent LORD of hosts has spoken it. Zech 3:101 Kin 4:25; Zech 3:10Lev 26:6; Jer 30:10Is 1:20; 40:55 For all the peoples now walkEach in the aname of his god in a transient relationship,As for us, bwe shall walk securelyIn the name of the cLORD our true God forever and ever.2 Kin 17:29Zech 10:12Josh 24:15; Is 26:8, 13
6 “In that day,” says the LORD,“I shall assemble the alame,And bgather the outcasts from foreign captivity,Even those whom I have caused pain.Zeph 3:19Ps 147:2; Ezek 34:13, 16; 37:217 “I shall make the lame a godly aremnantAnd the outcasts a strong nation;And the bLORD shall reign over them in Mount ZionFrom this time on and forever.Mic 5:7, 8; 7:18Is 24:238 “As for you Jerusalem, atower of the flock of Israel,Hill and stronghold of the Daughter of Zion ,To you the bformer dominion shall come,The kingdom of the Daughter of Jerusalem when the Messiah reigns in Jerusalem, and the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Luke 21:24Ps 48:3, 12; 61:3; Mic 2:12Is 1:26; Zech 9:10
9 “Now, why do you acry out loudly?Is there no king among you?Has your bcounselor perished?For agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth.Jer 8:19Is 3:1-310 “aWrithe in pain and labor to give birth,O Daughter of Zion,Like a woman in childbirth;For now you shall bgo out of the city,Live in the field,And go to Babylon.cThere you will be rescued;dThere the LORD shall redeem youFrom the hand of your enemies.Mic 5:32 Kin 20:18; Hos 2:14Is 43:14; 45:13; Mic 7:8-12Is 48:20; 52:9-1211 “Now amany conquering nations are assembled against you,Who say, ‘Let her be profaned through Gentile presence and the temple’s destruction,And let our eyes gaze on and gloat over Zion.’Is 5:25-30; 17:12-1412 “But they do not aknow the thoughts of the LORD,Nor do they understand His purpose and plan;For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor for destruction.Ps 147:19, 2013 “Arise and athresh, O Daughter of Zion!For I will make your horn ironAnd I will make your hoofs bronze;That you may bbeat many peoples in pieces trampling down your enemies,That you may cdevote to the LORD their unjust gain And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth. Zech 12:1-8; 14:14Is 41:15Jer 51:20-23Is 60:9