The Mountain of the House of the LORD (Micah 4:1–5)
3 Brenton And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will tell us his way, and we will walk in it: for out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 Brenton And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more. BSB BSB: Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
The Day of Reckoning 5 Brenton And now, O house of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. BSB BSB: Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
6 Brenton For he has forsaken his people the house of Israel, because their land is filled as at the beginning with divinations, as the land of the Philistines, and many strange children were born to them. BSB BSB: For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Brenton For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number of their chariots. BSB BSB: Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
8 Brenton And the land is filled with abominations, even the works of their hands; and they have worshipped the works which their fingers made. BSB BSB: Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
9 Brenton And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon them. BSB BSB: So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
10 Brenton Now therefore enter ye into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. BSB BSB: Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
11 Brenton For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. BSB BSB: The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
12 Brenton For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down; BSB BSB: For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
13 Brenton and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan, BSB BSB: against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,
14 Brenton and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, BSB BSB: against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
15 Brenton and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall, BSB BSB: against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
16 Brenton and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships. BSB BSB: against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
17 Brenton And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. BSB BSB: So the pride of man will be brought low, and the loftiness of men will be humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,
18 Brenton And they shall hide all idols made with hands, BSB BSB: and the idols will vanish completely.
19 Brenton having carried them into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. BSB BSB: Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
20 Brenton For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats; BSB BSB: In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
21 Brenton to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. BSB BSB: They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
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