Judgment on the nations
1 Truly, in those days and in that time, I will bring back to Judah and Jerusalem those who were sent away.
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I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them to the Jehoshaphat Valley. There I will enter into judgment with them in support of my people and my possession, Israel, which they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
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and have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, which they drank down.
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What are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, then in a flash I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads.
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You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
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You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border.
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But now I am calling them from the places where you have sold them, and I will repay you for your deeds.
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I will sell your sons and your daughters as a possession of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for the Lord has spoken.
Declaration of war
9 Announce this among the nations: Prepare a holy war, wake up the warriors; let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
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Beat the iron tips of your plows into swords and your pruning tools into spears; let the weakling say, "I am mighty."
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Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves there; bring your mighty ones, LORD.
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Let the nations prepare themselves, and come up to the Jehoshaphat Valley; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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Cut with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go and crush grapes, for the winepress is full. The jars overflow with wine, for their wickedness is great.
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Crowd after crowd fills the valley of judgment, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of judgment.
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The sun and the moon are darkened; the stars have ceased shining.
Salvation for God’s people
16 The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people, a shelter for the people of Israel.