1 F or behold, in those days and at that time when I shall reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will gather all nations and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there will I deal with and execute judgment upon them for My people and of My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and they have divided My land.

I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

3 A nd they have cast lots for My people, and have given a boy for a harlot and have sold a girl for juice and have drunk it.

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

4 Y es, and what are you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon and all the divisions of Philistia? Will you pay Me back for something? Even if you pay Me back, swiftly and speedily I will return your deed upon your own head,

“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

5 B ecause you have taken My silver and My gold and have carried into your temples and palaces My precious treasures,

Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,

6 A nd have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Grecians, that you may remove them far from their border.

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

7 B ehold, I will stir them up out of the place to which you have sold them and will return your deed upon your own head.

Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;

8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off, for the Lord has spoken it.

and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it.”

9 P roclaim this among the nations: Prepare war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.

10 B eat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong!

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’

11 H asten and come, all you nations round about, and assemble yourselves; there You, O Lord, will bring down Your mighty ones (Your warriors).

Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.

12 L et the nations bestir themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

13 P ut in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, get down and tread the grapes, for the winepress is full; the vats overflow, for the wickedness is great.

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

14 M ultitudes, 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 Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

15 T he sun and the moon are darkened and the stars withdraw their shining.

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

16 T he Lord will thunder and roar from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord will be a refuge for His people and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

17 S o shall you know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and strangers and foreigners shall no more pass through it.

“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.

18 A nd in that day, the mountains shall drip with fresh juice and the hills shall flow with milk; and all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and shall water the Valley of Shittim.

It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim.

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

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

20 B ut Judah shall remain and be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21 A nd I will cleanse and hold as innocent their blood and avenge it, blood which I have not cleansed, held innocent, and avenged, for the Lord dwells in Zion.

I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”