beautiful prophecy from the book of Micah

In the last days

the mountain of the Lord's temple will be established

as chief among the mountains;

it will be raised above the hills,

and peoples will stream to it.

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."

The law will go out from Zion,

the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

He will judge between many peoples

and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

nor will they train for war anymore.

Every man will sit under his own vine

and under his own fig tree,

and no one will make him afraid,

for the Lord Almighty has spoken.

All the nations may walk

in the name of their gods;

we will walk in the name of the Lord

our God for ever and ever.

-written in the 7th or 8th century BC