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In This Chapter 3 people 14 places 18 terms 1 resource

People

Jacob (Patriarch) 2 Israel Jeshurun (Israel)

Places

    Key Terms

    Set Apart for God 4 Word of the Lord 3 To Redeem (Liberate) 3 Way of Life 2 Instruction 2 Counsel 2 The Way Way of the Lord (Metaphorical) Way to Live Way of Life Redeem To Redeem (Deliver) Redemption (Right) To Redeem (Substitute) Let Be Redeemed Redemption (Deliverance) Perceive Horn (Symbol)

    Resources

    Lamentations, Book of Articles

    The Mountain of the House of the LORD

    (Isaiah 2:1–4)

    ⓘ In the last days: God promised to act...
    • In the last days: God promised to act in history to establish his kingdom.
    • The mountain of the Lord’s house was Mount Zion in Jerusalem, where Solomon’s Temple was built (see 2 Sam 24:18–25). It recalls Mount Sinai, the mountain of God (Exod 3:1; Num 10:33), where God appeared. The mountain of the Lord has significance as the place where God makes his identity known and his fellowship available.
    • teach us his ways . . . his paths: The wisdom of God’s laws and the knowledge of his ways will give the nations life (Deut 4:6; 32:47).
    ⓘ Micah’s prophecy moves from utter despair to an...

    Micah’s prophecy moves from utter despair to an eruption of hope as he expresses the future exaltation of Mount Zion in Jerusalem. God’s plan to bless all nations (Gen 12:3) through Abraham’s descendants will be realized when the nations and the Lord’s people stream to the Lord’s house . . . to worship. There (1) they will learn to follow God’s law and teachings; (2) the law and teachings will flow out among the nations as they are carried forth from God’s house; (3) peace and well-being will grow among the nations as they turn their energies to peaceful purposes and abandon war; and (4) the people will live without fear, having security, prosperity, and blessing (Mic 4:4). The idols of the nations fail them, but Israel’s faithful God accomplishes all this; the prosperity he brings lasts for endless ages (4:5).
    1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORDwill be established as the chief of the mountains;it will be raised above the hills,and the peoples will stream to it.
    2And many nations will come and say:
    “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us His ways,so that we may walk in His paths.”
    For the law will go forth from Zionand the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.3Then He will judge between many peoplesand arbitrate for strong nations far and wide.Then they will beat their swords into plowsharesand their spears into pruning hooks.Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation,nor will they train anymore for war.4And each man will sit under his own vineand under his own fig tree,with no one to frighten him.For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.5Though all the nationsmay walk in the name of their gods,yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our Godforever and ever.

    The Restoration of Zion

    (Zechariah 8:1–23)

    ⓘ Usually the remnants of destroyed cities in the...

    Usually the remnants of destroyed cities in the ancient Near East were lost or assimilated. When Israel’s remnant was rescued, it would be the foundation of the Lord’s new people (Deut 4:26–31; 30:1–5; 2 Kgs 19:31; Isa 10:21; Jer 29:10–14; see Ezra 9:8; Neh 1:2).
    6“On that day,” declares the LORD,“I will gather the lame;I will assemble the outcast,even those whom I have afflicted.7And I will make the lame into a remnant,the outcast into a strong nation.Then the LORD will rule over them in Mount Zionfrom that day and forever.8And you, O watchtower of the flock,O stronghold† of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you;sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
    9Why do you now cry aloud?Is there no king among you?Has your counselor perishedso that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?10Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion,like a woman in labor.For now you will leave the cityand camp in the open fields.You will go to Babylon;there you will be rescued;there the LORD will redeem youfrom the hand of your enemies!
    ⓘ gathered against you: While closely tied to the...

    gathered against you: While closely tied to the historical assault of Babylon against Jerusalem in 588–586 BC, this oracle also bears on a future in which the idealized and restored Jerusalem of 4:1–5 will be attacked (cp. Rev 20:7–9).
    11But now many nationshave assembled against you,saying, “Let her be defiled,and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORDor understand His plan,for He has gathered themlike sheaves to the threshing floor.13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion,for I will give you horns of ironand hooves of bronzeto break to pieces many peoples.Then you will devote† their gain to the LORD,their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.