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[1]For,behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
[2]Iwill gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.
[3]Andthey have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.
[4]Andalso what are ye to Me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render retribution on My behalf? and if ye render retribution on My behalf, swiftly, speedily will I return your retribution upon your own head.
[5]Forasmuchas ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;
[6]Thechildren also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of Jevanim, that ye might remove them far from their border;
[7]Behold,I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your retribution upon your own head;
[8]AndI will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off; for 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath spoken.
[9]Proclaimye this among the nations, prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
[10]Beatyour plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'
[11]Hasteye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together; thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇!
[12]Letthe nations be stirred up, and come up to the val Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
[13]Putye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
[14]Multitudes,multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is near in the valley of decision.
[15]Thesun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.
[16]And𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will be a refuge unto His people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
[17]Soshall ye know that I am 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 your God, dwelling in Zion My holy mountain; then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
[18]Andit shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth of the house of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
[19]Egyptshall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desola wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
[20]ButJudah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
[21]AndI will hold as innocent their blood that I have not held as innocent; and 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 dwelleth in Zion.
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