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Each will sit under his own grapevine
or under his own fig tree without any fear.[a]
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has decreed it.[b]
Though all the nations follow their respective gods,[c]
we will follow[d] the Lord our God forever.

Restoration Will Follow Crisis

“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame
and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:4 tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”
  2. Micah 4:4 tn Heb “for the mouth of the Lord…has spoken.”
  3. Micah 4:5 tn Heb “walk each in the name of his god.” The term “name” here has the idea of “authority.” To “walk in the name” of a god is to recognize the god’s authority as binding over one’s life.
  4. Micah 4:5 tn Heb “walk in the name of.”
  5. Micah 4:6 sn The exiles of the nation are compared to lame and injured sheep.

Everyone will sit under their own vine
    and under their own fig tree,(A)
and no one will make them afraid,(B)
    for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(C)
All the nations may walk
    in the name of their gods,(D)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
    our God for ever and ever.(E)

The Lord’s Plan

“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;(F)
    I will assemble the exiles(G)
    and those I have brought to grief.(H)

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