3:1 ‘In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
3:2 I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
3:3 They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink.
3:4 ‘Now what have you against me, O 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.
3:5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.
3:6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
3:7 ‘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.
3:8 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.
3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, ‘I am strong!’
3:11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD!
3:12 ‘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.
3:13 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!’
3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
3:15 The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
3:16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
3:17 ‘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.
3:18 ‘In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the LORD’S house and will water the valley of acacias.
3:19 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.
3:20 Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations.
3:21 Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon.’ The LORD dwells in Zion!
3:1 For indeed, in those days and at that time / When I turn the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
3:2 I will gather all the nations / And will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat; / And I will enter into judgment with them there / Because of My people and My inheritance Israel, / Whom they have scattered among the nations. / And they have divided My land
3:3 And have cast lots for My people; / And they have given a boy for a prostitute / And sold a girl for wine to drink.
3:4 Indeed then, what are you to Me, Tyre and Sidon / And all the regions of Philistia? / Will you repay Me with a recompense? / But if you recompense Me, / Swiftly, speedily, / I will return your recompense upon your own head.
3:5 In that you have taken My silver and My gold, / And have brought My fine precious things into your temples,
3:6 And have sold to the children of the Javanim / The children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem, / In order to remove them / Far from their borders;
3:7 I will rouse them out of the place / To which you have sold them, / And will return your recompense upon your own head.
3:8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters / Into the hand of the children of Judah, / And they will sell them to the Sabeans, / To a nation that is far off, / For Jehovah has spoken.
3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: / Prepare the battle; / Rouse the mighty men; / Let all the men of battle / Draw near; let them go up.
3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords, / And your pruning knives into spears; / Let the weak say, / I am mighty.
3:11 Hurry and come, / All you surrounding nations, / And be gathered. / There cause Your mighty ones to descend, O Jehovah!
3:12 Let the nations rouse themselves and come up / To the valley of Jehoshaphat. / For there I will sit to judge / All the surrounding nations.
3:13 Send forth the sickle, / For the harvest is ripe; / Come, tread, / For the winepress is full; / The wine vats overflow, / For their evil is great.
3:14 Multitudes, multitudes, / In the valley of decision; / For the day of Jehovah has drawn near / In the valley of decision.
3:15 The sun and the moon grow dark, / And the stars withdraw their shining.
3:16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, / And from Jerusalem He will utter His voice, / And the heavens and the earth will shake. / But Jehovah will be a shelter to His people / And a stronghold to the children of Israel.
3:17 Thus you will know that I am Jehovah your God, / Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. / And Jerusalem will be holy, / And strangers will pass through her no longer.
3:18 And in that day / The mountains will drop down fresh wine, / And the hills will flow with milk; / And all the waterways of Judah / Will flow with water, / And a fountain will go forth from the house of Jehovah, / And it will water the valley of Shittim.
3:19 Egypt will be a desolation, / And Edom will be a desolate wilderness, / Because of the violence against the children of Judah, / In that they have shed innocent blood in their land.
3:20 But Judah will abide forever, / And Jerusalem, from generation to generation;
3:21 And I will acquit them of their bloodshed that I had not acquitted them of, / For Jehovah dwells in Zion.