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Micah 4

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1 And it hath come to pass, In the latter end of the days, The mount of the house of Jehovah Is established above the top of the mounts, And it hath been lifted up above the hills, And flowed unto it have peoples.

2 And gone have many nations and said, Come and we go up to the mount of Jehovah, And unto the house of the God of Jacob, And He doth teach us of His ways, And we do walk in His paths, For from Zion doth go forth a law, And a word of Jehovah from Jerusalem.

3 And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto Nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

4 And they have sat each under his vine, And under his fig-tree, And there is none troubling, For the mouth of Jehovah of Hosts hath spoken.

5 For all the peoples do walk, Each in the name of its god -- and we, We do walk in the name of Jehovah our god, To the age and for ever.

6 In that day -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I do gather the halting one, And the driven away one I bring together, And she whom I have afflicted.

7 And I have set the halting for a remnant, And the far-off for a mighty nation, And reigned hath Jehovah over them in mount Zion, From henceforth, and unto the age.

8 And thou, O tower of Eder, Fort of the daughter of Zion, unto thee it cometh, Yea, come in hath the former rule, The kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

9 Now, why dost thou shout aloud? A king -- is there none in thee? Hath thy counsellor perished, That taken hold of thee hath pain as a travailing woman?

10 Be pained, and bring forth, O daughter of Zion, As a travailing woman, For now, thou goest forth from the city, And thou hast dwelt in the field, And thou hast gone unto Babylon, There thou art delivered, There redeem thee doth Jehovah from the hand of thine enemies.

11 And now, gathered against thee have been many nations, who are saying: `Let her be defiled, and our eyes look on Zion.'

12 They have not known the thoughts of Jehovah, Nor have they understood His counsel, For He hath gathered them as a sheaf [into] a threshing-floor.

13 Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion, For thy horn I make iron, And thy hoofs I make brass, And thou hast beaten small many peoples, And I have devoted to Jehovah their gain, And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!

   

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Scriptural Confirmations # 57

  
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57. 29. Jerusalem is called the gate of the people (Micah 1:9).

(Thus said Jehovah against the prophets that seduce my people, Whosoever does not fondly kiss their mouth, against him they sanctify war. Therefore it shall be night unto you instead of vision, and darkness shall arise upon you instead of divining, and the sun shall set over the prophets, and the day shall grow black over them (Micah 3:5-6). The "prophets" are those who teach the things of the church.)

In the last days it shall come to pass that the mountains of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and people shall flow into it. Many nations shall come and say, Come, and we will go up to the mountain of Jehovah that He may teach us of His ways, and we may walk in His paths, for out of Zion shall go forth doctrine, and the Word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. Then they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, none making them afraid. All peoples will walk in the name of their God, and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and to eternity. In that day Jehovah, shall reign over them in Mount Zion from henceforth and forever. Thou hillside of the daughter of Zion, the former kingdom shall come unto thee, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem (Micah 4:1-8).

The day for building thy walls; this day the statute shall be far removed; this day when they shall come thence to thee from Assyria, to the cities of Egypt, from sea to sea, from mountain to mountain (Micah 7:11-12).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.