| King James Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, | 1"For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, |
| 2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. | 2I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land. |
| 3And 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. | 3"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink. |
| 4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; | 4"Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head. |
| 5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: | 5"Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples, |
| 6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. | 6and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, |
| 7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: | 7behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. |
| 8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. | 8"Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken. |
| 9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: | 9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! |
| 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. | 10Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man." |
| 11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. | 11Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. |
| 12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. | 12Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations. |
| 13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. | 13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. |
| 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. | 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. |
| 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. | 15The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. |
| 16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. | 16The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel. |
| 17So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. | 17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more. |
| 18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. | 18And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim. |
| 19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. | 19Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. |
| 20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. | 20But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations. |
| 21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. | 21And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion. |
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