1 H3117For, behold, in those daysH6256, and in that timeH7725, when I shall bring again[H8686] [H8675] H7725 [H8799] H7622the captivityH3063of JudahH3389and Jerusalem, 2 H6908I will also gather[H8765] H1471all nationsH3381, and will bring them down[H8689] H6010into the valleyH3092of JehoshaphatH8199, and will plead[H8738] H5971with them there for my peopleH5159and for my heritageH3478IsraelH6340, whom they have scattered[H8765] H1471among the nationsH2505, and parted[H8765] H776my land. 3 H3032And they have cast[H8804] H1486lotsH5971for my peopleH5414; and have given[H8799] H3206a boyH2181for an harlot[H8802] H4376, and sold[H8804] H3207a girlH3196for wineH8354, that they might drink[H8799] . 4 H6865Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O TyreH6721, and ZidonH1552, and all the coastsH6429of PalestineH7999? will ye render[H8764] H1576me a recompenceH1580? and if ye recompense[H8802] H7031me, swiftlyH4120and speedilyH7725will I return[H8686] H1576your recompenceH7218upon your own head; 5 H3947Because ye have taken[H8804] H3701my silverH2091and my goldH935, and have carried[H8689] H1964into your templesH2896my goodlyH4261pleasant things: 6 H1121The childrenH3063also of JudahH1121and the childrenH3389of JerusalemH4376have ye sold[H8804] H3125unto the GreciansH1121 H7368, that ye might remove them far[H8687] H1366from their border. 7 H5782Behold, I will raise[H8688] H4725them out of the placeH4376whither ye have sold[H8804] H7725them, and will return[H8689] H1576your recompenceH7218upon your own head: 8 H4376And I will sell[H8804] H1121your sonsH1323and your daughtersH3027into the handH1121of the childrenH3063of JudahH4376, and they shall sell[H8804] H7615them to the SabeansH1471, to a peopleH7350far offH3068: for the LORDH1696hath spoken[H8765] it . 9 H7121Proclaim[H8798] H1471ye this among the GentilesH6942; Prepare[H8761] H4421warH5782, wake up[H8685] H1368the mighty menH582, let all the menH4421of warH5066draw near[H8799] H5927; let them come up[H8799] : 10 H3807Beat[H8798] H855your plowsharesH2719into swordsH4211, and your pruninghooksH7420into spearsH2523: let the weakH559say[H8799] H1368, I am strong. 11 H5789Assemble[H8798] H935yourselves, and come[H8798] H1471, all ye heathenH6908, and gather yourselves together[H8738] H5439round aboutH1368: thither cause thy mighty onesH5181to come down[H8685] H3068, O LORD. 12 H1471Let the heathenH5782be wakened[H8735] H5927, and come up[H8799] H6010to the valleyH3092of JehoshaphatH3427: for there will I sit[H8799] H8199to judge[H8800] H1471all the heathenH5439round about. 13 H7971Put[H8798] H4038ye in the sickleH7105, for the harvestH1310is ripe[H8804] H935: come[H8798] H3381, get you down[H8798] H1660; for the pressH4390is full[H8804] H3342, the fatsH7783overflow[H8689] H7451; for their wickednessH7227is great. 14 H1995MultitudesH1995, multitudesH6010in the valleyH2742of decisionH3117: for the dayH3068of the LORDH7138is nearH6010in the valleyH2742of decision. 15 H8121The sunH3394and the moonH6937shall be darkened[H8804] H3556, and the starsH622shall withdraw[H8804] H5051their shining. 16 H3068The LORDH7580also shall roar[H8799] H6726out of ZionH5414, and utter[H8799] H6963his voiceH3389from JerusalemH8064; and the heavensH776and the earthH7493shall shake[H8804] H3068: but the LORDH4268will be the hopeH5971of his peopleH4581, and the strengthH1121of the childrenH3478of Israel. 17 H3045So shall ye know[H8804] H3068that I am the LORDH430your GodH7931dwelling[H8802] H6726in ZionH6944, my holyH2022mountainH3389: then shall JerusalemH6944be holyH2114, and there shall no strangers[H8801] H5674pass through[H8799] her any more. 18 H3117And it shall come to pass in that dayH2022, that the mountainsH5197shall drop down[H8799] H6071new wineH1389, and the hillsH3212shall flow[H8799] H2461with milkH650, and all the riversH3063of JudahH3212shall flow[H8799] H4325with watersH4599, and a fountainH3318shall come forth[H8799] H1004of the houseH3068of the LORDH8248, and shall water[H8689] H5158the valleyH7851of Shittim. 19 H4714EgyptH8077shall be a desolationH123, and EdomH8077shall be a desolateH4057wildernessH2555, for the violenceH1121against the childrenH3063of JudahH8210, because they have shed[H8804] H5355innocentH1818bloodH776in their land. 20 H3063But JudahH3427shall dwell[H8799] H5769for everH3389, and JerusalemH1755from generationH1755to generation. 21 H5352For I will cleanse[H8765] H1818their bloodH5352that I have not cleansed[H8765] H3068: for the LORDH7931dwelleth[H8802] H6726in Zion. |