1 “ In those days and at that time, I will return the riches of Judah and Jerusalem.

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

2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for what they did to My people Israel. They have sent My people out among the different nations, and have divided up 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 T hey have drawn names to see who would get My people. They have traded a boy for a woman who sells the use of her body. And they have sold a girl for wine to 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 W hat are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the lands of Philistia? Are you paying Me back for something? If you are, I will be quick to pay you back!

“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 Y ou have taken My silver and My gold, and brought My riches to your places of worship.

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

6 Y ou have sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, sending them far from their land.

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 S o I am going to move them from the place where you have sold them, and do to you what you have done to them.

“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 I will sell your sons and daughters to the sons of Judah. And they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.

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 M ake this known among the nations: Get ready for war! Call your strong men! Gather all the soldiers and 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 plows into swords, and your vine hooks into spears. Let the weak say, “I am a powerful soldier.”

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

11 H urry and come, all you nations on every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down Your men of war, 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 nations get ready and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.

“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 U se the long, sharp knife, for the fruit is full-grown. Come and crush the grapes, for the crushing-place is full. They flow over, for their sins are many.

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 T housands and thousands are in the valley of God’s punishment. For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of God’s punishment.

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 moon become dark, and the stars stop shining.

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

16 T he Lord makes a loud noise from Zion. He lets His voice be heard from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a safe place for His people, a strong place to 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 “ Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, living in Zion My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will never pass through it again. God Brings Good to His People

“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 “ In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine and the hills will flow with milk. All the rivers of Judah will flow with water. And a river will go out from the house of the Lord to 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 will be destroyed and Edom will become a desert waste, because of the bad things done to the sons of Judah. They have killed people in the land of Judah who were not guilty of wrong-doing.

“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 people will live in Judah and Jerusalem forever.

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

21 I will punish the ones who killed them, whom I have not yet punished, for the Lord lives in Zion.”

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