¶ For, behold, in those¹ days, and in that time, when² I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

I will also³ gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley⁴ of Jehoshaphat, and will plead⁵ with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted⁶ my land.

⁷And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Yea, and what⁸ have ye to do with me, O Tyre⁹, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye¹⁰ render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly¹¹ and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

Because ye¹² have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into¹³ your temples my goodly pleasant¹⁴ things:

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye¹⁵ sold unto the Grecians¹⁶, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Behold, I will¹⁷ raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will¹⁸ return your recompence upon your own head:

And I will¹⁹ sell your sons²⁰ and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans²¹, to a people far off²²: for the LORD hath spoken it.

¶ Proclaim²³ ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare²⁴ war, wake²⁵ up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

¶ Beat your plowshares²⁶ into swords, and your pruninghooks²⁷ into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Assemble²⁸ yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause²⁹ thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley³⁰ of Jehoshaphat: for³¹ there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Put ye in the sickle³², for the harvest³³ is ripe: come, get you down; for the press³⁴ is full, the fats overflow; for their³⁵ wickedness is great.

Multitudes³⁶, multitudes in the valley of decision³⁷: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

³⁹The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

The LORD also shall roar⁴⁰ out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens⁴¹ and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope⁴² of his people, and the strength⁴³ of the children of Israel.

So shall ye⁴⁴ know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my⁴⁵ holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem⁴⁶ be holy⁴⁷, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains⁴⁸ shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all⁴⁹ the rivers of Judah shall flow⁵⁰ with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley⁵¹ of Shittim.

Egypt⁵² shall be a desolation, and Edom⁵³ shall be a desolate wilderness, for⁵⁴ the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

¶ But Judah⁵⁵ shall dwell⁵⁶ for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

For I will⁵⁷ cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD⁵⁸ dwelleth in Zion.