Ezekiel 38:8

38:8 After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, ¹  with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people ²  were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

Deuteronomy 31:29

31:29 For I know that after I die you will totally ³  corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly ⁴  before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions.” ⁵ 

Isaiah 2:2

2:2 In the future ⁶ 

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will endure ⁷ 

as the most important of mountains,

and will be the most prominent of hills. ⁸ 

All the nations will stream to it,

Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, ⁹  and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. ¹⁰  The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed ¹¹  are as follows.

Daniel 10:14

10:14 Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days.”

Hosea 3:5

3:5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. ¹²  Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings ¹³  in the future. ¹⁴ 

Micah 4:1

Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem

4:1 In the future ¹⁵  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ¹⁶ 

it will be more prominent than other hills. ¹⁷ 

People will stream to it.

Micah 4:1

Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem

4:1 In the future ¹⁸  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ¹⁹ 

it will be more prominent than other hills. ²⁰ 

People will stream to it.

Micah 4:1-2

Better Days Ahead for Jerusalem

4:1 In the future ²¹  the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; ²² 

it will be more prominent than other hills. ²³ 

People will stream to it.

4:2 Many nations will come, saying,

“Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple ²⁴  of Jacob’s God,

so he can teach us his commands ²⁵ 

and we can live by his laws.” ²⁶ 

For Zion will be the source of instruction;

the Lord’s teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. ²⁷ 

Micah 3:1

God Will Judge Judah’s Sinful Leaders

3:1 I said,

“Listen, you leaders ²⁸  of Jacob,

you rulers of the nation ²⁹  of Israel!

You ought to know what is just, ³⁰ 

[38:8]  ¹ tn Heb “from the sword.”

[38:8]  ² tn Heb “it.”

[31:29]  ³ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “totally.”

[31:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “do the evil.”

[31:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “the work of your hands.”

[2:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the end of the days.” This phrase may refer generally to the future, or more technically to the final period of history. See BDB 31 s.v. ַאחֲרִית. The verse begins with a verb that functions as a “discourse particle” and is not translated. In numerous places throughout the OT, the “to be” verb with a prefixed conjunction (וְהָיָה [vÿhayah] and וַיְהִי [vayÿhi]) occurs in this fashion to introduce a circumstantial clause and does not require translation.

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Or “be established” (KJV, NIV, NRSV).

[2:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “as the chief of the mountains, and will be lifted up above the hills.” The image of Mount Zion being elevated above other mountains and hills pictures the prominence it will attain in the future.

[2:28]  ⁹ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

[2:28]  ¹⁰ tn Aram “in the latter days.”

[2:28]  ¹¹ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”

[3:5]  ¹² tn Heb “David their king”; cf. NCV “the king from David’s family”; TEV “a descendant of David their king”; NLT “David’s descendant, their king.”

[3:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “his goodness”; NLT “his good gifts.”

[3:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “in the end of the days.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT “in the last days.”

[4:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “at the end of days.”

[4:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”

[4:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”

[4:1]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “at the end of days.”

[4:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”

[4:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”

[4:1]  ²¹ tn Heb “at the end of days.”

[4:1]  ²² tn Heb “will be established as the head of the mountains.”

[4:1]  ²³ tn Heb “it will be lifted up above the hills.”

[4:2]  ²⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[4:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “ways.”

[4:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and we can walk in his paths.”

[4:2]  ²⁷ tn Heb “instruction [or, “law”] will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[3:1]  ²⁸ tn Heb “heads.”

[3:1]  ²⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[3:1]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Should you not know justice?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course you should!”