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"For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

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

I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

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

Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

"Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

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

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

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

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!

Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

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

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, Your warriors.

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord .

Let the nations be awakened And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

The sun and moon have become dark, And the stars have lost their brightness.

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge for His people, And a stronghold for the sons of Israel.

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

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

So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

And on that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of Shittim.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the Lord , and shall water the valley of Shittim.

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

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

But Judah will be inhabited forever, And Jerusalem for all generations.

But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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

For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.