Micah 4

In the latter days, Zion shall be established as the exalted center of a renewed earth where YHWH judges among many nations, transforming swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks so that nations no longer war against each other[1][3][4]. YHWH warns Zion to labor in birth pangs for exile to Babylon, but promises deliverance from there, empowering her with iron horns to thresh the nations that gloated over her humiliation[1][2][3].

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And it shall come to pass and he/it became in the last in the end-of days the days it shall be he will come to be the mountain mountain of of the house house-of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh shall be established being established in the top at the head of of the mountains the mountains and it shall be exalted and he was lifted it he above the hills from elevated hills and shall flow and they flowed to it upon him peoples assembled peoples
Verse 1 וְ/הָיָ֣ה 𐤅/𐤄𐤉𐤄 vehayah And it shall come to pass and he/it became HC/Vqq3ms בְּ/אַחֲרִ֣ית 𐤁/𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤕 beacharit in the last in the end-of HR/Ncfsc הַ/יָּמִ֗ים 𐤄/𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 hayamim days the days HTd/Ncmpa יִ֠הְיֶה 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 yiheyeh it shall be he will come to be HVqi3ms הַ֣ר 𐤄𐤓 har the mountain mountain of HNcmsc בֵּית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt of the house house-of HNcmsc יְהוָ֤ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp נָכוֹן֙ 𐤍𐤊𐤅𐤍 nakhon shall be established being established HVNrmsa בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ 𐤁/𐤓𐤀𐤔 berosh in the top at the head of HR/Ncmsc הֶ/הָרִ֔ים 𐤄/𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 heharim of the mountains the mountains HTd/Ncmpa וְ/נִשָּׂ֥א 𐤅/𐤍𐤔𐤀 venisa and it shall be exalted and he was lifted HC/VNrmsa ה֖וּא 𐤄𐤅𐤀 hu it he HPp3ms מִ/גְּבָע֑וֹת 𐤌/𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤕 migevaot above the hills from elevated hills HR/Ncfpa וְ/נָהֲר֥וּ 𐤅/𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤅 venaharu and shall flow and they flowed HC/Vqq3cp עָלָ֖י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv to it upon him HR/Sp3ms עַמִּֽים 𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 amim peoples assembled peoples HNcmpa
and they will go and they went nations people-groups many many and they will say and they said Come Go and let us go up let us ascend to toward the mountain mountain of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh and to and toward the house house-of of God mighty ones of of Jacob Heel-Grasper Yaaqov and He will teach us and he will direct us His ways from his paths and we will walk and let us go in His paths in his well-trodden paths for for/because from Zion from Zion from Tsion will go forth she will go out law instruction and the word and word-of of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh from Jerusalem from Yerushalaim from Yerushalam
Verse 2 וְֽ/הָלְכ֞וּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤅 vehalekhu and they will go and they went HC/Vqq3cp גּוֹיִ֣ם 𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 goyim nations people-groups HNcmpa רַבִּ֗ים 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 rabim many many HAampa וְ/אָֽמְרוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 veameru and they will say and they said HC/Vqq3cp לְכ֣וּ 𐤋𐤊𐤅 lekhu Come Go HVqv2mp וְ/נַעֲלֶ֣ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤏𐤋𐤄 venaaleh and let us go up let us ascend HC/Vqh1cp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR הַר 𐤄𐤓 har the mountain mountain of HNcmsc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp וְ/אֶל 𐤅/𐤀𐤋 veel and to and toward HC/R בֵּית֙ 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt the house house-of HNcmsc אֱלֹהֵ֣י 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 elohey Mulimu (Lozi) of God mighty ones of HNcmpc יַעֲקֹ֔ב 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 yaaqov of Jacob Heel-Grasper Yaaqov HNp וְ/יוֹרֵ֨/נוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤉𐤅𐤓/𐤍𐤅 veyorenu and He will teach us and he will direct us HC/Vhi3ms/Sp1cp מִ/דְּרָכָ֔י/ו 𐤌/𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤉/𐤅 miderakhayv His ways from his paths HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms וְ/נֵלְכָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤍𐤋𐤊𐤄 venelekhah and we will walk and let us go HC/Vqh1cp בְּ/אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑י/ו 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤕𐤉/𐤅 beorechotayv in His paths in his well-trodden paths HR/Ncbpc/Sp3ms כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because HC מִ/צִּיּוֹן֙ 𐤌/𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 mitsion from Zion from Zion from Tsion HR/Np תֵּצֵ֣א 𐤕𐤑𐤀 tetse will go forth she will go out HVqi3fs תוֹרָ֔ה 𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤄 torah law instruction HNcfsa וּ/דְבַר 𐤅/𐤃𐤁𐤓 udevar and the word and word-of HC/Ncmsc יְהוָ֖ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) of the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp מִ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם 𐤌/𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 mirushalaim from Jerusalem from Yerushalaim from Yerushalam HR/Np
and-he-will-judge and he judged between between peoples assembled peoples many many and-he-will-rebuke and he reproved for-nations to people-groups strong mighty ones to up to far far-off and-they-shall-beat and they shattered to pieces their-swords their destroying blades into-plowshares plow-blades and-their-spears and their spears into-pruning-hooks for pruning-knives not not they-shall-lift-up they will lift up nation people-group against toward nation people-group sword blade of destruction and-not and not they-shall-learn they learn anymore still, again, further war armed conflict
Verse 3 וְ/שָׁפַ֗ט 𐤅/𐤔𐤐𐤈 veshafat and-he-will-judge and he judged HC/Vqq3ms בֵּ֚ין 𐤁𐤉𐤍 beyn between between HR עַמִּ֣ים 𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 amim peoples assembled peoples HNcmpa רַבִּ֔ים 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 rabim many many HAampa וְ/הוֹכִ֛יחַ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤊𐤉𐤇 vehokhicha and-he-will-rebuke and he reproved HC/Vhq3ms לְ/גוֹיִ֥ם 𐤋/𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 legoyim for-nations to people-groups HR/Ncmpa עֲצֻמִ֖ים 𐤏𐤑𐤌𐤉𐤌 atsumim strong mighty ones HAampa עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad to up to HR רָח֑וֹק 𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤒 rachoq far far-off HAamsa וְ/כִתְּת֨וּ 𐤅/𐤊𐤕𐤕𐤅 vekhitetu and-they-shall-beat and they shattered to pieces HC/Vpq3cp חַרְבֹתֵי/הֶ֜ם 𐤇𐤓𐤁𐤕𐤉/𐤄𐤌 charevoteyhem their-swords their destroying blades HNcfpc/Sp3mp לְ/אִתִּ֗ים 𐤋/𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤌 leitim into-plowshares plow-blades HR/Ncmpa וַ/חֲנִיתֹֽתֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤅/𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤕𐤉/𐤄𐤌 vachanitoteyhem and-their-spears and their spears HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp לְ/מַזְמֵר֔וֹת 𐤋/𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤕 lemazemerot into-pruning-hooks for pruning-knives HR/Ncfpa לֹֽא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn יִשְׂא֞וּ 𐤉𐤔𐤀𐤅 yiseu they-shall-lift-up they will lift up HVqi3mp גּ֤וֹי 𐤂𐤅𐤉 goy nation people-group HNcmsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el against toward HR גּוֹי֙ 𐤂𐤅𐤉 goy-2 nation people-group HNcmsa חֶ֔רֶב 𐤇𐤓𐤁 cherev sword blade of destruction HNcfsa וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and-not and not HC/Tn יִלְמְד֥וּ/ן 𐤉𐤋𐤌𐤃𐤅/𐤍 yilemedun they-shall-learn they learn HVqi3mp/Sn ע֖וֹד 𐤏𐤅𐤃 od anymore still, again, further HD מִלְחָמָֽה 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 milechamah war armed conflict HNcfsa
and-I-will-make and I will set [direct object marker] object-marker the-lame-[one] the limping one for-remnant for the remaining remnant of and-the-cast-far the sent-away one for-nation to a people-group mighty mighty and-will-reign and he reigned the LORD Yahweh Yahweh over-them upon them in-[the-]mountain in mountain of Zion Tsiyon Tsion from-now from this time onward and-until and up to forever hidden age
Verse 7 וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י 𐤅/𐤔𐤌𐤕𐤉 vesameti and-I-will-make and I will set HC/Vqq1cs אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo הַ/צֹּֽלֵעָה֙ 𐤄/𐤑𐤋𐤏𐤄 hatsoleah the-lame-[one] the limping one HTd/Vqrfsa לִ/שְׁאֵרִ֔ית 𐤋/𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤕 lisheerit for-remnant for the remaining remnant of HR/Ncfsa וְ/הַ/נַּהֲלָאָ֖ה 𐤅/𐤄/𐤍𐤄𐤋𐤀𐤄 vehanahalaah and-the-cast-far the sent-away one HC/Td/VNsfsa לְ/ג֣וֹי 𐤋/𐤂𐤅𐤉 legoy for-nation to a people-group HR/Ncmsa עָצ֑וּם 𐤏𐤑𐤅𐤌 atsum mighty mighty HAamsa וּ/מָלַ֨ךְ 𐤅/𐤌𐤋𐤊 umalakhe and-will-reign and he reigned HC/Vqq3ms יְהוָ֤ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp עֲלֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 aleyhem over-them upon them HR/Sp3mp בְּ/הַ֣ר 𐤁/𐤄𐤓 behar in-[the-]mountain in mountain of HR/Ncmsc צִיּ֔וֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp מֵ/עַתָּ֖ה 𐤌/𐤏𐤕𐤄 meatah from-now from this time onward HR/D וְ/עַד 𐤅/𐤏𐤃 vead and-until and up to HC/R עוֹלָֽם 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 olam forever hidden age HNcmsa
And you and you (masculine singular) tower elevated strong-tower of the flock organized livestock herd hill raised mound daughter daughter of of Zion Tsiyon Tsion to you up to you it shall come she will come and shall come and she came the dominion the dominion former the first (feminine) kingdom kingdom of to daughter to a daughter of of Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam
Verse 8 וְ/אַתָּ֣ה 𐤅/𐤀𐤕𐤄 veatah And you and you (masculine singular) HC/Pp2ms מִגְדַּל 𐤌𐤂𐤃𐤋 migedal tower elevated strong-tower HNcbsc עֵ֗דֶר 𐤏𐤃𐤓 eder of the flock organized livestock herd HNcmsa עֹ֛פֶל 𐤏𐤐𐤋 ofel hill raised mound HNcmsc בַּת 𐤁𐤕 bat daughter daughter of HNcfsc צִיּ֖וֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion of Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp עָדֶ֣י/ךָ 𐤏𐤃𐤉/𐤊 adeykha to you up to you HR/Sp2ms תֵּאתֶ֑ה 𐤕𐤀𐤕𐤄 teteh it shall come she will come HVqi3fs וּ/בָאָ֗ה 𐤅/𐤁𐤀𐤄 uvaah and shall come and she came HC/Vqq3fs הַ/מֶּמְשָׁלָה֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤌𐤔𐤋𐤄 hamemeshalah the dominion the dominion HTd/Ncbsa הָ/רִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤍𐤄 harishonah former the first (feminine) HTd/Aafsa מַמְלֶ֖כֶת 𐤌𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕 mamelekhet kingdom kingdom of HNcfsc לְ/בַ֥ת 𐤋/𐤁𐤕 levat to daughter to a daughter of HR/Ncfsc יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 yerushalaim of Jerusalem Foundation of Wholeness Yerushalam HNp
Writhe Writhe! and labor and burst forth! O daughter daughter of of Zion Tsiyon Tsion like a woman in childbirth like a bearing-woman for for/because now you you will go out you will go out from the city from a city and dwell and you dwelt in the field in the open field and you shall come daughter of to up to Babylon Babel Bavel there in that place you will be delivered you will be rescued there in that place will redeem you he will act as your kinsman-redeemer the LORD Yahweh Yahweh from the hand from the palm of your enemies your hostile ones
Verse 10 ח֧וּלִי 𐤇𐤅𐤋𐤉 chuli Writhe Writhe! HVqv2fs וָ/גֹ֛חִי 𐤅/𐤂𐤇𐤉 vagochi and labor and burst forth! HC/Vqv2fs בַּת 𐤁𐤕 bat O daughter daughter of HNcfsc צִיּ֖וֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion of Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp כַּ/יּֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה 𐤊/𐤉𐤅𐤋𐤃𐤄 kayoledah like a woman in childbirth like a bearing-woman HRd/Vqrfsa כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because HC עַתָּה֩ 𐤏𐤕𐤄 atah now you HD תֵצְאִ֨י 𐤕𐤑𐤀𐤉 tetsei you will go out you will go out HVqi2fs מִ/קִּרְיָ֜ה 𐤌/𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤄 miqireyah from the city from a city HR/Ncfsa וְ/שָׁכַ֣נְתְּ 𐤅/𐤔𐤊𐤍𐤕 veshakhanete and dwell and you dwelt HC/Vqq2fs בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֗ה 𐤁/𐤔𐤃𐤄 basadeh in the field in the open field HRd/Ncmsa וּ/בָ֤את 𐤅/𐤁𐤀𐤕 uvat and you shall come daughter of HC/Vqq2fs עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad to up to HR בָּבֶל֙ 𐤁𐤁𐤋 bavel Babylon Babel Bavel HNp שָׁ֣ם 𐤔𐤌 sham there in that place HD תִּנָּצֵ֔לִי 𐤕𐤍𐤑𐤋𐤉 tinatseli you will be delivered you will be rescued HVNi2fs שָׁ֚ם 𐤔𐤌 sham-2 there in that place HD יִגְאָלֵ֣/ךְ 𐤉𐤂𐤀𐤋/𐤊 yigealekhe will redeem you he will act as your kinsman-redeemer HVqi3ms/Sp2fs יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp מִ/כַּ֖ף 𐤌/𐤊𐤐 mikaf from the hand from the palm HR/Ncfsc אֹיְבָֽיִ/ךְ 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉/𐤊 oyevayikhe of your enemies your hostile ones HVqrmpc/Sp2fs
Arise Rise up and-thresh and thresh! daughter-of daughter Zion Tsiyon Tsion for for/because your-horn your horn I-will-make I will set iron iron and-your-hoofs and your split-hooves I-will-make I will set bronze copper-bronze and-you-shall-beat-in-pieces and you pulverized peoples assembled peoples many many and-I-will-devote and I will put under the ban to-the LORD to Yahweh to Yahweh their-gain their ill-gotten gain and-their-wealth and their strength to-Lord to the lord of all entirety of the-earth the earth
Verse 13 ק֧וּמִי 𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤉 qumi Arise Rise up HVqv2fs וָ/ד֣וֹשִׁי 𐤅/𐤃𐤅𐤔𐤉 vadoshi and-thresh and thresh! HC/Vqv2fs בַת 𐤁𐤕 vat daughter-of daughter HNcfsc צִיּ֗וֹן 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 tsion Zion Tsiyon Tsion HNp כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki for for/because HC קַרְנֵ֞/ךְ 𐤒𐤓𐤍/𐤊 qarenekhe your-horn your horn HNcbsc/Sp2fs אָשִׂ֤ים 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤌 asim I-will-make I will set HVqi1cs בַּרְזֶל֙ 𐤁𐤓𐤆𐤋 barezel iron iron HNcmsa וּ/פַרְסֹתַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ 𐤅/𐤐𐤓𐤎𐤕𐤉/𐤊 ufaresotayikhe and-your-hoofs and your split-hooves HC/Ncfpc/Sp2fs אָשִׂ֣ים 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤌 asim-2 I-will-make I will set HVqi1cs נְחוּשָׁ֔ה 𐤍𐤇𐤅𐤔𐤄 nechushah bronze copper-bronze HNcfsa וַ/הֲדִקּ֖וֹת 𐤅/𐤄𐤃𐤒𐤅𐤕 vahadiqot and-you-shall-beat-in-pieces and you pulverized HC/Vhq2fs עַמִּ֣ים 𐤏𐤌𐤉𐤌 amim peoples assembled peoples HNcmpa רַבִּ֑ים 𐤓𐤁𐤉𐤌 rabim many many HAampa וְ/הַחֲרַמְתִּ֤י 𐤅/𐤄𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤕𐤉 vehacharameti and-I-will-devote and I will put under the ban HC/Vhq1cs לַֽ/יהוָה֙ 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to-the LORD to Yahweh to Yahweh HR/Np בִּצְעָ֔/ם 𐤁𐤑𐤏/𐤌 bitseam their-gain their ill-gotten gain HNcmsc/Sp3mp וְ/חֵילָ֖/ם 𐤅/𐤇𐤉𐤋/𐤌 vecheylam and-their-wealth and their strength HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp לַ/אֲד֥וֹן 𐤋/𐤀𐤃𐤅𐤍 laadon to-Lord to the lord of HR/Ncmsc כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all entirety of HNcmsc הָ/אָֽרֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the-earth the earth HTd/Ncbsa
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