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God Judges the Nations
“For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
“For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
The Nations Judged
“In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
“In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
They have cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
They cast lots for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine to drink.
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine to drink.
“Now what have you against me, 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.
Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
“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.
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.
Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
“I am strong!”
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
“I am strong!”
Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
And gather together all around.
Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble there.
Bring down your warriors, Lord!
and assemble there.
Bring down your warriors, Lord!
“Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
“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.
let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit
to judge all the nations on every side.
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the winepress is full,
The vats overflow —
For their wickedness is great.”
Come, go down;
For the winepress is full,
The vats overflow —
For their wickedness is great.”
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!”
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,
for the winepress is full
and the vats overflow —
so great is their wickedness!”
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
The sun and moon will be darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
and the stars no longer shine.
The Lord also will roar from Zion,
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
But the Lord will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
But the Lord will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.
The Lord will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem;
the earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.
and thunder from Jerusalem;
the earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.
“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
Blessings for God’s People
“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.
“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.
“Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate wilderness,
Because of violence against the people of Judah,
For they have shed innocent blood in their land.
And Edom a desolate wilderness,
Because of violence against the people of Judah,
For they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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.
Edom a desert waste,
because of violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
But Judah shall abide forever,
And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Judah will be inhabited forever
and Jerusalem through all generations.
and Jerusalem through all generations.