1. In the last daysthe mountain on which the Lord’s Temple standswill become the most important of all mountains.It will be raised above the hills,and people from other nations will come streaming to it.
2. Many nations will come and say,“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,to the Temple of the God of Jacob,so that he can teach us his ways,and we can obey his teachings.”His teachings will go out from Jerusalem,the word of the Lord from that city.
3. The Lord will judge many nations;he will make decisions about strong nations that are far away.They will hammer their swords into plow bladesand their spears into hooks for trimming trees.Nations will no longer raise swords against other nations;they will not train for war anymore.
4. Everyone will sit under his own vine and fig tree,and no one will make him afraid,because the Lord All-Powerful has said it.
5. All other nations may follow their own gods,but we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.
6. The Lord says, “At that time,I will gather the crippled;I will bring together those who were sent away,those whom I caused to have trouble.
7. I will keep alive those who were crippled,and I will make a strong nation of those who were sent away.The Lord will be their king in Mount Zion from now on and forever.