For, behold, in those days, and in that time
, when I shall bring again
the captivity
of Judah
and Jerusalem
,
I will also gather all nations
, and will bring them down
into the valley
of Jehoshaphat
, and will plead
with them there for my people
and for my heritage
Israel
, whom they have scattered
among the nations
, and parted
my land
.
And they have cast lots
for my people
; and have given
a boy
for an harlot
, and sold
a girl
for wine
, that they might drink
.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon
, and all the coasts
of Palestine
? will ye render
me a recompence
? and if ye recompense
me, swiftly
and speedily
will I return
your recompence
upon your own head
;
Because ye have taken my silver
and my gold
, and have carried
into your temples
my goodly
pleasant things
:
The children also of Judah
and the children
of Jerusalem
have ye sold
unto the Grecians
, that ye might remove them far
from their border
.
Behold, I will raise them out of the place
whither ye have sold
them, and will return
your recompence
upon your own head
:
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 people
far off
: for the LORD
hath spoken
it .
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles
; Prepare
war
, wake up
the mighty men
, let all the men
of war
draw near
; let them come up
:
Beat your plowshares
into swords
, and your pruninghooks
into spears
: let the weak
say
, I am strong
.
Assemble yourselves, and come
, all ye heathen
, and gather yourselves together
round about
: thither cause thy mighty ones
to come down
, O LORD
.
Let the heathen be wakened
, and come up
to the valley
of Jehoshaphat
: for there will I sit
to judge
all the heathen
round about
.
Put ye in the sickle
, for the harvest
is ripe
: come
, get you down
; for the press
is full
, the fats
overflow
; for their wickedness
is great
.
Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley
of decision
: for the day
of the LORD
is near
in the valley
of decision
.
The sun and the moon
shall be darkened
, and the stars
shall withdraw
their shining
.
The LORD also shall roar
out of Zion
, and utter
his voice
from Jerusalem
; and the heavens
and the earth
shall shake
: but the LORD
will be the hope
of his people
, and the strength
of the children
of Israel
.
So shall ye know that I am the LORD
your God
dwelling
in Zion
, my holy
mountain
: then shall Jerusalem
be holy
, and there shall no strangers
pass through
her any more.
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 rivers
of Judah
shall flow
with waters
, and a fountain
shall come forth
of the house
of the LORD
, and shall water
the valley
of Shittim
.
Egypt shall be a desolation
, and Edom
shall be a desolate
wilderness
, for the violence
against the children
of Judah
, because they have shed
innocent
blood
in their land
.
But Judah shall dwell
for ever
, and Jerusalem
from generation
to generation
.
For I will cleanse their blood
that I have not cleansed
: for the LORD
dwelleth
in Zion
.