| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Put 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[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion. |
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