Micah 4:6–13

⁶“On that day,” declares the LORD,

“I will gather the lame;

I will assemble the outcast,

even those whom I have afflicted.

⁷And 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.

⁸And you, O watchtower of the flock,

O stronghold^a of the Daughter of Zion —

the former dominion will be restored to you;

sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

⁹Why 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?

¹⁰Writhe 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!

¹¹But now many nations

have assembled against you,

saying, “Let her be defiled,

and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”

¹²But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD

or understand His plan,

for He has gathered them

like sheaves to the threshing floor.

¹³Rise 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^b their gain to the LORD,

their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.