| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1“For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives 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 bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land. | 2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, |
| 3They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink. | 3and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it. |
| 4“Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head; | 4“What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. |
| 5Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions. | 5For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. |
| 6Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders. | 6You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. |
| 7“Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head. | 7Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your own head. |
| 8I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the LORD has spoken.” | 8I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the LORD has spoken.” |
| 9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. | 9Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. |
| 10Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks 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 warrior.” |
| 11Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD. | 11Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD. |
| 12“Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. | 12Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. |
| 13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.” | 13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil 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 moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness. | 15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. |
| 16The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for 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 quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel. |
| 17“So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.” | 17“So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it. |
| 18And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of Acacias. | 18“And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Shittim. |
| 19“Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land. | 19“Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. |
| 20But Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation. | 20But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. |
| 21For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the LORD dwells in Zion.” | 21I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion.” |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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