3. He will settle argumentsbetween distantand powerful nations.They will beat their swordsand their spearsinto rakes and shovels;they will never again make waror attack one another.
4. Everyone will find restbeneath their own fig treesor grapevines,and they will live in peace.This is a solemn promiseof the Lord All-Powerful.
5. Others may follow their gods,but we will always followthe Lord our God.
6. The Lord said:At that timeI will gather my people—the lame and the outcasts,and all into whose livesI have brought sorrow.
7. Then the lame and the outcastswill belong to my peopleand become a strong nation.I, the Lord, will rule themfrom Mount Zion for ever.
8. Mount Zion in Jerusalem,guardian of my people,you will rule again.
9. Jerusalem, why are you crying?Don't you have a king?Have your advisers gone?Are you sufferinglike a woman in childbirth?
10. Keep on groaning with pain,you people of Jerusalem!If you escape from your cityto the countryside,you will still be takenas prisoners to Babylonia.But later I will rescue youfrom your enemies.