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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.