The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

Micah 4

6 "In that day," says the LORD,
f "I will assemble the lame,
g I will gather the outcast
And those whom I have afflicted; 7 I will make the lame h a remnant,
And the outcast a strong nation;
So the LORD i will reign over them in Mount Zion
From now on, even forever.

8 And you, O tower of the flock,
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
To you shall it come,
Even the former dominion shall come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem."

9 Now why do you cry aloud?
j Is there no king in your midst?
Has your counselor perished?
For k pangs have seized you like a woman in 1 labor. 10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
O daughter of Zion,
Like a woman in birth pangs.
For now you shall go forth from the city,
You shall dwell in the field,
And to l Babylon you shall go.
There you shall be delivered;
There the m LORD will n redeem you
From the hand of your enemies.

11 o Now also many nations have gathered against you,
Who say, "Let her be defiled,
And let our eye look upon Zion." 12 But they do not know q the thoughts of the LORD,
Nor do they understand His counsel;
For He will gather them r like sheaves to the threshing floor. 13 "Arise s and t thresh, O daughter of Zion;
For I will make your horn iron,
And I will make your hooves bronze;
You shall u beat in pieces many peoples;
v I will consecrate their gain to the LORD,
And their substance to w the Lord of the whole earth."

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:16
    "I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment."
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 147:2
    The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
  3. Cross References
    Micah 2:12
    I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, Like a flock in the midst of their pasture; They shall make a loud noise because of so many people.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:6
    For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
    Isaiah 24:23
    Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed; For the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously.
    Luke 1:33
    "And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."
    Revelation 11:15
    Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:19
    Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people From a far country: " Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King in her?" "Why have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images - With foreign idols?
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:8
    And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.
    Jeremiah 30:6
    Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale?
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:20
    And those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia.
    Amos 5:27
    Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus," Says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 45:13
    I have raised him up in righteousness, And I will direct all his ways; He shall build My city And let My exiles go free, Not for price nor reward," Says the LORD of hosts.
    Micah 7:8 - 12
    Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The LORD will be a light to me.
  9. Cross References
    Ezra 1:1 - 3
    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying.
    Ezra 2:1
    Now these are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city.
    Psalms 18:17
    He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, For they were too strong for me.
  10. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:16
    All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it! #8221.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 55:8
    For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
    Isaiah 55:9
    For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:10
    Oh, my threshing and the grain of my floor! That which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I have declared to you.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:33
    For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time of her harvest will come.
    Zechariah 12:1 - 8
    The burden of the word of the LORD against Israel. Thus says the LORD, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:
    Zechariah 14:14
    Judah also will fight at Jerusalem. And the wealth of all the surrounding nations Shall be gathered together: Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 41:15
    Behold, I will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
  15. Cross References
    Daniel 2:44
    And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 18:7
    In that time a present will be brought to the LORD of hosts From a people tall and smooth of skin, And from a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide - To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, To Mount Zion.
  17. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:14
    So he said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth.
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