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

For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 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.

Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance -- Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.

3 “ They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

4 M oreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

And also, what ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

5 S ince you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

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

And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

7 b ehold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,

8 A lso I will 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 have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken.

9 P roclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.

10 B eat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I mighty.'

11 H asten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones.

Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.

12 L et the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.

Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

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

Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great their wickedness.

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 near the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

15 T he sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.

Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

16 T he Lord roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the Lord is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.

And Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And shaken have the heavens and earth, And Jehovah a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to sons of Israel.

17 T hen you will know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more. Judah Will Be Blessed

And ye have known that I Jehovah your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain, And Jerusalem hath been holy, And strangers do not pass over into it again.

18 A nd in 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 To water the valley of Shittim.

And it hath come to pass, in that day, Drop down do the mountains juice, And the hills do flow milk, And all streams of Judah do go water, And a fountain from the house of Jehovah goeth forth, And hath watered the valley of Shittim.

19 E gypt will become a waste, 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 a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land.

20 B ut Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.

And Judah to the age doth dwell, And Jerusalem to generation and generation.

21 A nd I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the Lord dwells in Zion.

And I have declared their blood innocent, I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!