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

2 T hen 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 A nd 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 A nd 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 I n 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 sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

7 L o, 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 nd 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 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 ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I mighty.'

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

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

13 S end 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 near the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

15 S un and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

16 A nd 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 A nd 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 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 a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land.

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

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