Chapter 3
1 “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,1
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- Or restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem
2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.1 There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
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- Jehoshaphat means the LORD judges; also in verse 12.
3 They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
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4 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
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5 For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.1
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- Or palaces
6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,1 to send them far from their homeland.
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- Or to the peoples of Javan
7 Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
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8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
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10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
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11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
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12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
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13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.1 Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
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- LXX the harvest has come; see also Mark 4:29.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
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Blessings for God’s People
16 The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
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17 Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
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18 And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.1
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- Or Valley of Shittim
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.
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20 But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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21 For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.1” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
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- Or For I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not yet pardoned.