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Verse 1

For, behold, in those days,{H3117} and in that time,{H6256} when I shall bring back{H7725} the captivity{H7622} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem,{H3389}

Verse 2

I will gather{H6908} all nations,{H1471} and will bring them down{H3381} into the valley{H6010} of Jehoshaphat;{H3092} and I will execute judgment{H8199} upon them there for my people{H5971} and for my heritage{H5159} Israel,{H3478} whom they have scattered{H6340} among the nations:{H1471} and they have parted{H2505} my land,{H776}

Verse 3

and have cast{H3032} lots{H1486} for my people,{H5971} and have given{H5414} a boy{H3206} for a harlot,{H2181} and sold{H4376} a girl{H3207} for wine,{H3196} that they may drink.{H8354}

Verse 4

Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre,{H6865} and Sidon,{H6721} and all the regions{H1552} of Philistia?{H6429} will ye render{H7999} me a recompense?{H1576} and if ye recompense{H1580} me, swiftly{H7031} and speedily{H4120} will I return{H7725} your recompense{H1576} upon your own head.{H7218}

Verse 5

Forasmuch as ye have taken{H3947} my silver{H3701} and my gold,{H2091} and have carried{H935} into your temples{H1964} my goodly{H2896} precious things,{H4261}

Verse 6

and have sold{H4376} the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} and the children{H1121} of Jerusalem{H3389} unto the sons of the Grecians,{H3125} that ye may remove them far{H7368} from their border;{H1366}

Verse 7

behold, I will stir{H5782} them up out of the place{H4725} whither ye have sold{H4376} them, and will return{H7725} your recompense{H1576} upon your own head;{H7218}

Verse 8

and I will sell{H4376} your sons{H1121} and your daughters{H1323} into the hand{H3027} of the children{H1121} of Judah,{H3063} and they shall sell{H4376} them to the men of Sheba,{H7615} to a nation{H1471} far off:{H7350} for Jehovah{H3068} hath spoken{H1696} it.

Verse 9

Proclaim{H7121} ye this among the nations;{H1471} prepare{H6942} war;{H4421} stir up{H5782} the mighty men;{H1368} let all the men{H582} of war{H4421} draw near,{H5066} let them come up.{H5927}

Verse 10

Beat{H3807} your plowshares{H855} into swords,{H2719} and your pruning-hooks{H4211} into spears:{H7420} let the weak{H2523} say,{H559} I am strong.{H1368}

Verse 11

Haste{H5789} ye, and come,{H935} all ye nations{H1471} round about, and gather yourselves together:{H6908} thither{H5439} cause thy mighty ones{H1368} to come down,{H5181} O Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 12

Let the nations{H1471} bestir{H5782} themselves, and come up{H5927} to the valley{H6010} of Jehoshaphat;{H3092} for there will I sit{H3427} to judge{H8199} all the nations{H1471} round about.{H5439}

Verse 13

Put{H7971} ye in the sickle;{H4038} for the harvest{H7105} is ripe:{H1310} come,{H935} tread{H3381} ye; for the winepress{H1660} is full,{H4390} the vats{H3342} overflow;{H7783} for their wickedness{H7451} is great.{H7227}

Verse 14

Multitudes,{H1995} multitudes{H1995} in the valley{H6010} of decision!{H2742} for the day{H3117} of Jehovah{H3068} is near{H7138} in the valley{H6010} of decision.{H2742}

Verse 15

The sun{H8121} and the moon{H3394} are darkened,{H6937} and the stars{H3556} withdraw{H622} their shining.{H5051}

Verse 16

And Jehovah{H3068} will roar{H7580} from Zion,{H6726} and utter{H5414} his voice{H6963} from Jerusalem;{H3389} and the heavens{H8064} and the earth{H776} shall shake:{H7493} but Jehovah{H3068} will be a refuge{H4268} unto his people,{H5971} and a stronghold{H4581} to the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 17

So shall ye know{H3045} that I am Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} dwelling{H7931} in Zion{H6726} my holy{H6944} mountain:{H2022} then shall Jerusalem{H3389} be holy,{H6944} and there shall no strangers{H2114} pass through{H5674} her any more.

Verse 18

And it shall come to pass in that day,{H3117} that the mountains{H2022} shall drop down{H5197} sweet wine,{H6071} and the hills{H1389} shall flow{H3212} with milk,{H2461} and all the brooks{H650} of Judah{H3063} shall flow{H3212} with waters;{H4325} and a fountain{H4599} shall come forth{H3318} from the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and shall water{H8248} the valley{H5158} of Shittim.{H7851}

Verse 19

Egypt{H4714} shall be a desolation,{H8077} and Edom{H123} shall be a desolate{H8077} wilderness,{H4057} for the violence{H2555} done to the children{H1121} of Judah,{H3063} because they have shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in their land.{H776}

Verse 20

But Judah{H3063} shall abide{H3427} for ever,{H5769} and Jerusalem{H3389} from generation{H1755} to generation.{H1755}

Verse 21

And I will cleanse{H5352} their blood,{H1818} that I have not cleansed:{H5352} for Jehovah{H3068} dwelleth{H7931} in Zion.{H6726}

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