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

For behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall turn again 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.

I will also gather all the nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and mine inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land;

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.

and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

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.

Yea also, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the districts of Philistia? Will ye render me a recompence? But if ye recompense me, swiftly speedily will I bring your recompence upon your own 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.

because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my beautiful pleasant things,

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.

and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far 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,

Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own 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.

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to 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.

Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

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

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

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

Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

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

Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

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.

Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14 M ultitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision, For near the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

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

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw 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.

And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children 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.

And ye shall know that I, Jehovah, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain; and Jerusalem shall be holy, and no strangers shall pass through her any more.

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.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the water-courses of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water 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.

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, in that they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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

But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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

And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.