[4:6] In that day, declares the Lord, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted;
[4:7] and the lame I will make the remnant, and those who were cast off, a strong nation; and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forevermore.
[4:8] And you, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, the former dominion shall come, kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.
[4:9] Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pain seized you like a woman in labor?
[4:10] Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you shall go out from the city and dwell in the open country; you shall go to Babylon. There you shall be rescued; there the Lord will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
[4:11] Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
[4:12] But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
[4:13] Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples; and shall devote their gain to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.