1 ¶ For, behold, in those days and in that time when I shall cause the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem to end,

“For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will gather together all the Gentiles, and will cause them to descend into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and there I will enter into judgment with them because of my people and of my heritage Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

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

3 A nd they have cast lots for my people and have given a boy for a harlot and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.

They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

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

“Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;

5 b ecause ye have taken my silver and my gold and have carried into your temples my precious and beautiful things

Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.

6 a nd ye have sold the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem unto the Grecians that ye might remove them far from their border.

Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.

7 B ehold, I will raise them out of the place where ye have sold them and will return your recompense upon your own head:

“Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head.

8 a nd I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD has spoken it.

I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the Lord has spoken.”

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

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

10 b eat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks 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 A ssemble yourselves and come, all ye Gentiles, and gather yourselves together round about; there cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.

12 L et the Gentiles be wakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit to judge all the Gentiles round about.

“Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

13 P ut in the sickle for the harvest is ripe; come, go down for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress 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 the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

15 T he sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness.

16 T he 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 sons of Israel.

The Lord also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the Lord will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.

17 S o shall ye know that I am the LORD your God, that I inhabit Zion, the mountain of my holiness: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and no strangers shall pass through her any more.

“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.” God Blesses His People

18 ¶ 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 of the house of the LORD and shall water the valley of Shittim.

And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of Acacias.

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

“Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land.

20 B ut Judah shall dwell for ever; and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

But Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21 F or I will cleanse the blood of those whom I have not cleansed; for the LORD dwells in Zion.

For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the Lord dwells in Zion.”