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

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 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!

“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 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 my finest treasures into your temples,

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

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

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 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! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors 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.

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 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 arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I 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, tread, for the wine press 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 Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

15 T he sun and moon become dark, and the stars stop shining.

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

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.

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 “ 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 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 “ 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.

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 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 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 people will live in Judah and Jerusalem forever.

But Judah will be inhabited 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.”

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