Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron and your hooves bronze; and you shall beat in pieces many peoples, and shall devote their gain to the LORD, and their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth—God empowers Zion to thresh the nations (execute judgment upon them), transforming weakness into strength. The horns and hooves imagery evokes bovine power and suggest that Zion will be given military might to execute judgment. The promise to beat many peoples in pieces completes the threshing metaphor, showing that the nations gathered for conquest will become the subjected nations. The final clause about devouring wealth to the LORD shows that judgment issues in the consecration of the nations' resources to God, a redistribution of power and resources. This verse concludes the extended oracle about restoration with a promise of vindication and the reversal of power relationships, establishing that God's people, purified by judgment, will ultimately triumph.

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