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¹ Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, ⓗ

² I will gather all the nations ⓘ and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. [1] ⓙ I will enter into judgment with them there ⓚ because of my people, my inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries ⓛ and divided up my land. ⓜ

³ They cast lots for my people; ⓝ they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. ⓐ

⁴ And also: Tyre, ⓑ Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia ⓒ — what are you to me? Are you paying me back or trying to get even with me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads. ⓓ

⁵ For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures ⓔ to your temples.

⁶ You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks ⓕ to remove them far from their own territory.

⁷ Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; ⓖ I will bring retribution on your heads.

⁸ I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, ⓗ and they will sell them to the Sabeans, [2] ⓘ to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations: ⓙ Prepare for holy war; ⓚ rouse the warriors; ⓛ let all the men of war advance and attack!

¹⁰ Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. ⓜ Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”

¹¹ Come quickly, [3] all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. ⓝ Bring down your warriors there, LORD. ⓐ

¹² Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations. ⓑ

¹³ Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. ⓒ Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; ⓓ the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is extreme. ⓔ

¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes ⓕ in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near ⓖ in the valley of decision.

¹⁵ The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining. ⓗ

¹⁶ The LORD will roar from Zion ⓘ and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; ⓙ heaven and earth will shake. ⓚ But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, ⓛ a stronghold for the Israelites. ⓜ

¹⁷ Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, ⓝ who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. ⓐ Jerusalem will be holy, ⓑ and foreigners will never overrun it again. ⓒ

¹⁸ In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, ⓓ and the hills will flow with milk. ⓔ All the streams of Judah will flow with water, ⓕ and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house, ⓖ watering the Valley of Acacias. [4] ⓗ

¹⁹ Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah ⓘ in whose land they shed innocent blood.

²⁰ But Judah will be inhabited forever, ⓙ and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

²¹ I will pardon their bloodguilt, [5] ⓚ which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion.

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1	Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, ⓗ
2	I will gather all the nations ⓘ and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. [1] ⓙ I will enter into judgment with them there ⓚ because of my people, my inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries ⓛ and divided up my land. ⓜ
3	They cast lots for my people; ⓝ they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. ⓐ
4	And also: Tyre, ⓑ Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia ⓒ — what are you to me? Are you paying me back or trying to get even with me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads. ⓓ
5	For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures ⓔ to your temples.
6	You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks ⓕ to remove them far from their own territory.
7	Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; ⓖ I will bring retribution on your heads.
8	I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, ⓗ and they will sell them to the Sabeans, [2] ⓘ to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken.
9	Proclaim this among the nations: ⓙ Prepare for holy war; ⓚ rouse the warriors; ⓛ let all the men of war advance and attack!
10	Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. ⓜ Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”
11	Come quickly, [3] all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. ⓝ Bring down your warriors there, LORD. ⓐ
12	Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations. ⓑ
13	Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. ⓒ Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; ⓓ the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is extreme. ⓔ
14	Multitudes, multitudes ⓕ in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near ⓖ in the valley of decision.
15	The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining. ⓗ
16	The LORD will roar from Zion ⓘ and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; ⓙ heaven and earth will shake. ⓚ But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, ⓛ a stronghold for the Israelites. ⓜ
17	Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, ⓝ who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. ⓐ Jerusalem will be holy, ⓑ and foreigners will never overrun it again. ⓒ
18	In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, ⓓ and the hills will flow with milk. ⓔ All the streams of Judah will flow with water, ⓕ and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house, ⓖ watering the Valley of Acacias. [4] ⓗ
19	Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah ⓘ in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20	But Judah will be inhabited forever, ⓙ and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21	I will pardon their bloodguilt, [5] ⓚ which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion.

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