2 Then many nations will come and say,“Let’s go to the mountain of the Lord,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us his ways so that we may live by them.”The teachings will go out from Zion.The word of the Lord will go out from Jerusalem.
3 Then he will judge disputes between many peopleand settle arguments between many nations far and wide.They will hammer their swords into plowbladesand their spears into pruning shears.Nations will never fight against each other,and they will never train for war again.
4 They will sit under their grapevines and their fig trees,and no one will make them afraid.The Lord of Armies has spoken.
5 All the nations live by the names of their gods,but we will live by the name of the Lord our God forever.
6 “When that day comes,” declares the Lord,“I will gather those who are lame.I will bring together those who are scatteredand those whom I have injured.
7 I will change those who are lame into a faithful people.I will change those who are forced away into a strong nation.”The Lord will rule them on Mount Zion now and forever.
8 You, Jerusalem, watchtower of the flock,stronghold of the people of Zion,your former government will come back to you.The kingdom will return to the people of Jerusalem.