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"^(F1)For behold, ^(C1)in those days and at that time, When I ^(C2)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

I will ^(C1)gather all the nations And bring them down to the ^(C2)Valley of ^(F1)Jehoshaphat. Then I will ^(C3)enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have ^(C4)scattered among the nations; And they have ^(C5)divided up My land.

-"They have also ^(C1)cast lots for My people, ^(F1)(C2)Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

"Moreover, what are you to Me, ^(C1)Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of ^(C2)Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will ^(C3)return your retribution on your head!

"Since you have ^(C1)taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious ^(F1)treasures to your temples,

and sold the ^(C1)sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the ^(F1)Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,

behold, I am going to ^(C1)stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head.

"I will also ^(C1)sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the ^(C2)Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken.