Micah 4:6-13
6“In that day,” declares Yahweh,“I will assemble the alameAnd bgather the banished,Even those upon whom I have brought calamity.7“I will make the lame a aremnantAnd the outcasts a mighty nation,And bYahweh will reign over them in Mount ZionFrom now on and forever.8“And as for you, 1,atower of the flock,2Hill of the daughter of Zion,To you it will come—Even the bformer dominion will come,The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.9“Now, why do you amake a loud shout?Is there no king among you,Or has your bcounselor perished,That writhing has taken hold of you like a woman in childbirth?10“aWrithe and labor to give birth,Daughter of Zion,Like a woman in childbirth;For now you will bgo out of the city,Dwell in the field,And go to Babylon.cThere you will be delivered;dThere Yahweh will redeem youFrom the hand of your enemies.11“But now amany nations have been assembled against youWho say, ‘Let her be polluted,And let our eyes behold Zion in triumph.’12“But they do not aknow the thoughts of Yahweh,And they do not understand His counsel;For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.13“Arise and athresh, daughter of Zion,For your horn I will make iron,And your hoofs I will make bronze,That you may bpulverize many peoples,That you may cdevote to Yahweh their greedy gain unto destructionAnd their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.