1 “ 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 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 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 “ 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 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 Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

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

8 a nd 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 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.’

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

12 “ 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, 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 Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

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

16 Y ahweh 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 “ 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 I t 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 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 will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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