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And it will come about in the lastdays That the mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raisedabove the hills, And the peoples will stream to it.
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Manynations will come and say, "Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For from Zion will goforth the law, Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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And He will judgebetweenmanypeoples And renderdecisions for mighty, distantnations. Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruninghooks; Nation will not lift up swordagainstnation, And neveragain will they train for war.
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"As for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come - Even the formerdominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
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"Writhe and labor to givebirth, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you will go out of the city, Dwell in the field, And 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 they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshingfloor.
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"Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, For your horn I will makeiron And your hoofs I will makebronze, That you may pulverizemanypeoples, That you may devote to the LORD their unjustgain And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.