3 “For look! in those days and in that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Yerushalom,
2 I will also gather together all the nations
And bring them down to the Valley of Ye·hoshʹa·phat.
I will enter into judgment with them there
In behalf of my people and my inheritance Isra'Al,
For they scattered them among the nations,
And they divided up my land among themselves.
3 For my people they cast lots;
They would trade a boy to hire a prostitute
And sell a girl for wine to drink.
4 Also, what do you have against me,
O Tyre and Siʹdon and all the regions of Phi·lisʹti·a?
Are you repaying me for something?
If you are repaying me,
I will swiftly, speedily bring your repayment on your heads.
5 Because you have taken my silver and gold,
And you have brought my finest treasures into your temples;
6 And the people of Judah and Yerushalom you have sold to the Greeks,
In order to remove them far from their territory;
7 Here I am rousing them to come from the place where you sold them,
And I will bring your repayment on your heads.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the men of Sheʹba, to a nation far away;
For Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} himself has spoken it.
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
‘Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them advance!
10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning shears into spears.
Let the weak one say: “I am powerful.”
11 Come and help, all you surrounding nations, assemble together!’”
To that place, O Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}, bring down your powerful ones.
12 “Let the nations be roused and come up to the Valley of Ye·hoshʹa·phat;
For there I will sit in order to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Thrust in a sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come down and tread, for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow, for their badness is abundant.
14 Crowds, crowds are in the valley of the decision,
For the day of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} is near in the valley of the decision.
15 Sun and moon will become dark,
And the stars will lose their brightness.
16 And Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will roar out of Zion,
Out of Yerushalom he will raise his voice.
And heaven and earth will rock;
But Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will be a refuge for his people,
A fortress for the people of Isra'Al.
17 And you will have to know that I am Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} your Yahavah {Yah'-ha-vah'}, residing in Zion, my holy mountain.
Yerushalom will become a holy place,
And strangers will pass through her no more.
18 In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
The hills will flow with milk,
And the streams of Judah will all flow with water.
Out of the house of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} a spring will flow,
And it will irrigate the Valley of the Acacia Trees.
19 But Egypt will become desolate,
And Eʹdom will be a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence done to the people of Judah,
In whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 But Judah will always be inhabited,
And Yerushalom to generation after generation.
21 I will consider innocent their blood that I had not considered innocent;
And Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will reside in Zion.”