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- But it shall come to pass in the end of days [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and the peoples shall flow unto it.
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- And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
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- And he shall judge among many peoples, and reprove strong nations, even afar off;
and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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- And they shall sit every one under his vine, and under his fig-tree;
and there shall be none to make [them] afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken [it].
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- For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god;
but we will walk in the name of Jehovah, our God for ever and ever.
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- In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
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- and I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation;
and Jehovah shall reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth even for ever.
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- And thou, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the first dominion shall come, — the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.
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- Now why dost thou cry out aloud?
Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?
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- Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail;
for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon: there shalt thou be delivered; there Jehovah will redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
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- And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.
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- But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel;
for he hath gathered them together as the sheaves into the threshing-floor.
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- Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass;
and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and I will devote their gain to Jehovah, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
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