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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, 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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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. |