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101 lines
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Judgment of the Nations
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# Chapter 3
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1. Yes, in those days and at that time,
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when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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2. I will gather all the nations
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and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
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I will enter into judgment with them there
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because of my people, my inheritance Israel.
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The nations have scattered the Israelites
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in foreign countries
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and divided up my land.
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3. They cast lots for my people;
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they bartered a boy for a prostitute
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and sold a girl for wine to drink.
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4. And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia--what are you to me? Are you paying me back or trying to get even with me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.
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5. For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures to your temples.
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6. You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory.
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7. Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads.
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8. I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,
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for the Lord has spoken.
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9. Proclaim this among the nations:
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Prepare for holy war;
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rouse the warriors;
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let all the men of war advance and attack!
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10. Beat your plows into swords
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and your pruning knives into spears.
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Let even the weakling say, "I am a warrior."
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11. Come quickly, all you surrounding nations;
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gather yourselves.
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Bring down your warriors there, Lord.
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12. Let the nations be roused
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and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
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for there I will sit down
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to judge all the surrounding nations.
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13. Swing the sickle
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because the harvest is ripe.
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Come and trample the grapes
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because the winepress is full;
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the wine vats overflow
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because the wickedness of the nations is extreme.
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14. Multitudes, multitudes
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in the valley of decision!
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For the day of the Lord is near
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in the valley of decision.
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15. The sun and moon will grow dark,
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and the stars will cease their shining.
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16. The Lord will roar from Zion
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and make his voice heard from Jerusalem;
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heaven and earth will shake.
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But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
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a stronghold for the Israelites.
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Israel Blessed
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17. Then you will know
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that I am the Lord your God,
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who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain.
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Jerusalem will be holy,
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and foreigners will never overrun it again.
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18. In that day
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the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
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and the hills will flow with milk.
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All the streams of Judah will flow with water,
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and a spring will issue from the Lord's house,
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watering the Valley of Acacias.
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19. Egypt will become desolate,
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and Edom a desert wasteland,
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because of the violence done to the people of Judah
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in whose land they shed innocent blood.
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20. But Judah will be inhabited forever,
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and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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21. I will pardon their bloodguilt,
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which I have not pardoned,
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for the Lord dwells in Zion.
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