4 In the last days
    the mountain ·on which the Lord’s Temple stands [^Lof the house of the Lord]
    will become the ·most important [^Lhead] of all mountains.
It will be raised above the hills,
    and people from other nations will come streaming to it.
² Many nations will come and say,
    “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
    to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the God of Jacob,
so that he can teach us his ways,
    and we can ·obey his teachings [^Lwalk in his paths].”
His ·teachings [instruction; law; ^LTorah] will go out from ·Jerusalem [^LZion],
    the word of the Lord from ·that city [^LJerusalem].
³ The Lord will ·judge [or arbitrate between] many nations;
    he will ·make decisions about [settle disputes between] strong nations that are far away.
They will ·hammer [beat] their swords into ·plow blades [^Tplowshares]
    and their spears into ·hooks for trimming trees [pruning hooks; Is. 2:4; Joel 3:10].
Nations will no longer raise swords against other nations;
    they will not train for war anymore.