Early morning from far off: Jerusalem on its ridge with the plain temple on the summit, and on the hills around it thin lines of travelers walking on several roads toward it, under a calm, pale, empty sky.

Hear, you leaders

Micah 4

Where are you walking, and who is teaching you the way?

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Where we are

1–2Hear, you peoplesSamaria falls, Judah mourns, a remnant gathered
3–5Hear, you leadersZion plowed; then the mountain raised and a Ruler from BethlehemChapter 4
6–7Hear the LORD’s caseWhat He requires, and who is a God like Him

The Mountain of the House of the LORD

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In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD

will be established as the chief of the mountains;

it will be raised above the hills,

and the peoples will stream to it.

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The nations

The nations

And many nations will come and say:

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,

to the house of the God of Jacob.

The nations

He will teach us His ways,

so that we may walk in His paths.”

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For the law will go forth from Zion

and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Then He will judge between many peoples

and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide.

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Then they will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation,

nor will they train anymore for war.

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And each man will sit under his own vine

and under his own fig tree,

with no one to frighten him.

For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

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Though all the nations

may walk in the name of their gods,

yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God

forever and ever.

Reflect

Walk now

Verse 5 is a choice made before the promise comes true: “we will walk in the name of the LORD our God.” Where is that choice in front of you this week?

The Restoration of Zion

God

God

“On that day,” declares the LORD,

“I will gather the lame;

I will assemble the outcast,

even those whom I have afflicted.

And I will make the lame into a remnant,

the outcast into a strong nation.

Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zion

from that day and forever.

God

Dawn in the grazing country near Bethlehem: a squat round fieldstone watchtower with a flat top stands on a rise above stone sheepfolds, and a flock spreads out to graze.

And you, O watchtower of the flock,

O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—

the former dominion will be restored to you;

sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

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Night on an open plain: Judean exiles camped in the fields with small fires and bundles, donkeys tethered, and a long road running east toward a far flat horizon.

Why do you now cry aloud?

Is there no king among you?

Has your counselor perished

so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion,

like a woman in labor.

For now you will leave the city

and camp in the open fields.

You will go to Babylon;

there you will be rescued;

there the LORD will redeem you

from the hand of your enemies!

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But now many nations

have assembled against you,

saying, “Let her be defiled,

and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD

or understand His plan,

for He has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

God

God

Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion,

for I will give you horns of iron

and hooves of bronze

to break to pieces many peoples.

Then you will devote their gain to the LORD,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Question

Quick question

Verse 10 names a city far to the east, over a century before it mattered to Judah.

Where does verse 10 say Zion will go, and be rescued?

You’ve experienced

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A verse to carry with you

Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

Micah 4:3

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