微读圣经

The Lord’s Rule from Restored Zion

1In the last days4:1–3 Is 2:2–4; Dn 2:28; 10:14; Hs 3:5; Mc 5:10

the mountain of the Lord’s house4:1 Ezk 43:12; Mc 3:12; Zch 8:3

will be established

at the top of the mountains

and will be raised above the hills.

Peoples will stream to it,4:1 Ps 22:27; 86:9; Jr 3:17

2and many nations will come and say,4:2 Zch 2:11; 14:16

“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,4:2 Is 56:6–7; Jr 31:6

to the house of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us about his ways4:2 Ps 25:8–9,12; Is 54:13

so we may walk in his paths.”

For instruction will go out of Zion4:2 Is 42:1–4; Zch 14:8–9

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

3He will settle disputes among many peoples4:3 Is 11:3–5

and provide arbitration for strong nations

that are far away.

They will beat their swords into plows

and their spears into pruning knives.

Nation will not take up the sword against nation,

and they will never again train for war.

4But each person will sit under his grapevine4:4 1Kg 4:25; Zch 3:10

and under his fig tree

with no one to frighten him.4:4 Lv 26:6; Jr 30:10

For the mouth of the Lord4:4 Is 1:20; 40:5 of Armies

has spoken.

5Though all the peoples walk

in the name of their own gods,4:5 2Kg 17:29

we will walk4:5 Zch 10:12 in the name of the Lord our God

forever and ever.4:5 Jos 24:15; Is 26:8,13

6On that day —

this is the Lord’s declaration —

I will assemble the lame

and gather the scattered,4:6 Is 35:6; Jr 31:8; Mc 2:12; Zph 3:19

those I have injured.

7I will make the lame into a remnant,4:7 Mc 5:7–8; 7:18; Mt 11:5; Lk 14:21

those far removed into a strong nation.

Then the Lord will reign over them4:7 Is 24:23 in Mount Zion

from this time on and forever.

8And you, watchtower for the flock,4:8 Ps 48:3,12; 61:3

fortified hill4:8 Or flock, Ophel of Daughter Zion,

the former rule4:8 Is 1:26; Zch 9:10 will come to you;

sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.

From Exile to Victory

9Now, why are you shouting loudly?4:9 Jr 8:19

Is there no king with you?

Has your counselor perished4:9 Is 3:1–3

so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

10Writhe and cry out,4:10 Hb obscure4:10 Mc 5:3 Daughter Zion,

like a woman in labor,

for now you will leave the city4:10 2Kg 20:18; Hs 2:14

and camp in the open fields.

You will go to Babylon;

there you will be rescued;4:10 Is 43:14; 45:13; Mc 7:8–12

there the Lord will redeem you4:10 Is 48:20; 52:9–12

from the grasp of your enemies!

11Many nations have now assembled against you;4:11 Is 5:25–30; 17:12–14

they say, “Let her be defiled,

and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

12But they do not know the Lord’s intentions4:12 Ps 147:19–20

or understand his plan,

that he has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

13Rise and thresh,4:13 Is 41:15 Daughter Zion,

for I will make your horns iron

and your hooves bronze

so you can crush many peoples.4:13 Jr 51:20–23

Then you4:13 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads I will set apart their plunder4:13 Is 60:9

for the Lord,

their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.

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