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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.

^(C1)Proclaim this among the nations: ^(C2)Prepare for holy war; ^(C3)stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!

^(C1)Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; ^(C2)Let the weak man say, "I am a warrior."

^(F1)(C1)Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, Your ^(C2)warriors.

Let the nations be awakened And come up to the ^(C1)Valley of ^(F1)Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to ^(C2)judge All the surrounding nations.

^(C1)Put in the sickle, for the ^(C2)harvest is ripe. Come, ^(C3)tread the grapes, for the ^(C4)wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their ^(C5)wickedness is great.

^(C1)Multitudes, multitudes in the ^(C2)valley of ^(F1)decision! For the ^(C3)day of the LORD is near in the valley of ^(F1)decision.

The ^(C1)sun and moon have become dark, And the stars have lost their brightness.

The LORD ^(C1)roars from Zion And ^(C2)utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the ^(C3)heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a ^(C4)refuge for His people, And a ^(C5)stronghold for the sons of Israel.

Then you will ^(C1)know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling on Zion, My ^(C2)holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be ^(C3)holy, And ^(C4)strangers will no longer pass through it.

And on that day The ^(C1)mountains will drip with ^(F1)sweet wine, And the hills will ^(C2)flow with milk, And all the ^(C3)brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a ^(C4)spring will go out from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of ^(F2)Shittim.

Egypt will become a wasteland, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the ^(C1)violence ^(F1)done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

But Judah will be ^(C1)inhabited forever, And Jerusalem for all generations.

And I will ^(C1)avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion.