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1 For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back [to] the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
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1 "In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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2 Then 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.
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2 I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
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3 And 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.
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3 They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink.
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4 And also, what [are] 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.
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4 "Now what have you against me, O Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.
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5 In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.
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5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.
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6 And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.
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6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
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7 Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,
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7 "See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done.
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8 And 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.
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8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away." The LORD has spoken.
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9 Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.
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9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
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10 Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I [am] mighty.'
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10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, "I am strong!"
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11 Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.
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11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD!
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12 Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.
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12 "Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
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13 Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great [is] their wickedness.
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13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow-- so great is their wickedness!"
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14 Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the valley of decision, For near [is] the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.
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14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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15 Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
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15 The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
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16 And Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And shaken have the heavens and earth, And Jehovah [is] a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to sons of Israel.
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16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
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17 And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain, And Jerusalem hath been holy, And strangers do not pass over into it again.
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17 "Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.
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18 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Drop down do the mountains juice, And the hills do flow [with] milk, And all streams of Judah do go [with] water, And a fountain from the house of Jehovah goeth forth, And hath watered the valley of Shittim.
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18 "In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the LORD's house and will water the valley of acacias.
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19 Egypt a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence [to] sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land.
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19 But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
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20 And Judah to the age doth dwell, And Jerusalem to generation and generation.
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20 Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations.
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21 And I have declared their blood innocent, [That] I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!
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21 Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon." THE LORD DWELLS IN ZION!
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