The Lord Judges the Nations
1For, behold, in those days,and in that time,when I shall bring again{08675;07725:08799} the captivityof Judahand Jerusalem,
2I will also gatherall nations,and will bring them downinto the valleyof Jehoshaphat,and will pleadwith them there for my peopleand [for] my heritageIsrael,whom they have scatteredamong the nations,and partedmy land.
3And they have castlotsfor my people;and have givena boyfor an harlot,and solda girlfor wine,that they might drink.
4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre,and Zidon,and all the coastsof Palestine?will ye renderme a recompence?and if ye recompenseme, swiftly[and] speedilywill I returnyour recompenceupon your own head;5Because ye have takenmy silverand my gold,and have carriedinto your templesmy goodlypleasant things:6The childrenalso of Judahand the childrenof Jerusalemhave ye soldunto the Grecians,that ye might remove them farfrom their border.7Behold, I will raisethem out of the placewhither ye have soldthem, and will returnyour recompenceupon your own head:8And I will sellyour sonsand your daughtersinto the handof the childrenof Judah,and they shall sellthem to the Sabeans,to a peoplefar off:for the LORDhath spoken[it].
9Proclaimye this among the Gentiles;Preparewar,wake upthe mighty men,let all the menof wardraw near;let them come up:
10Beatyour plowsharesinto swords,and your pruninghooksinto spears:let the weaksay,I [am] strong.
11Assembleyourselves, and come,all ye heathen,and gather yourselves togetherround about:thither cause thy mighty onesto come down,O LORD.
12Let the heathenbe wakened,and come upto the valleyof Jehoshaphat:for there will I sitto judgeall the heathenround about.
13Putye in the sickle,for the harvestis ripe:come,get you down;for the pressis full,the fatsoverflow;for their wickedness[is] great.
14Multitudes,multitudesin the valleyof decision:for the dayof the LORD[is] nearin the valleyof decision.
15The sunand the moonshall be darkened,and the starsshall withdrawtheir shining.
16The LORDalso shall roarout of Zion,and utterhis voicefrom Jerusalem;and the heavensand the earthshall shake:but the LORD[will be] the hopeof his people,and the strengthof the childrenof Israel.
Blessings for God's People
17So shall ye knowthat I [am] the LORDyour Goddwellingin Zion,my holymountain:then shall Jerusalembe holy,and there shall no strangerspass throughher any more.
18And it shall come to pass in that day,[that] the mountainsshall drop downnew wine,and the hillsshall flowwith milk,and all the riversof Judahshall flowwith waters,and a fountainshall come forthof the houseof the LORD,and shall waterthe valleyof Shittim.
19Egyptshall be a desolation,and Edomshall be a desolatewilderness,for the violence[against] the childrenof Judah,because they have shedinnocentbloodin their land.
20But Judahshall dwellfor ever,and Jerusalemfrom generationto generation.
21For I will cleansetheir blood[that] I have not cleansed:for the LORDdwellethin Zion.
