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For, behold, in those days[H3117], and in that time[H6256], when I shall bring again[H7725] the captivity[H7622] of Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389],
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I will also gather[H6908] all nations[H1471], and will bring them down[H3381] into the valley[H6010] of Jehoshaphat[H3092], and will plead[H8199] with them there for my people[H5971] and for my heritage[H5159]Israel[H3478], whom they have scattered[H6340] among the nations[H1471], and parted[H2505] my land[H776].
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And they have cast[H3032]lots[H1486] for my people[H5971]; and have given[H5414] a boy[H3206] for an harlot[H2181], and sold[H4376] a girl[H3207] for wine[H3196], that they might drink[H8354].
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Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre[H6865], and Zidon[H6721], and all the coasts[H1552] of Palestine?[H6429] will ye render[H7999] me a recompence?[H1576] and if ye recompense[H1580] me, swiftly[H7031] and speedily[H4120] will I return[H7725] your recompence[H1576] upon your own head[H7218];
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Because ye have taken[H3947] my silver[H3701] and my gold[H2091], and have carried[H935] into your temples[H1964] my goodly[H2896] pleasant things[H4261]:
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The children[H1121] also of Judah[H3063] and the children[H1121] of Jerusalem[H3389] have ye sold[H4376] unto the Grecians[H3125], that ye might remove them far[H7368] from their border[H1366].
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Behold, I will raise[H5782] them out of the place[H4725] whither ye have sold[H4376] them, and will return[H7725] your recompence[H1576] upon your own head[H7218]:
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And I will sell[H4376] your sons[H1121] and your daughters[H1323] into the hand[H3027] of the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063], and they shall sell[H4376] them to the Sabeans[H7615], to a people[H1471] far off[H7350]: for the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] it.
9Proclaim[H7121] ye this among the Gentiles[H1471]; Prepare[H6942]war[H4421], wake up[H5782] the mighty men[H1368], let all the men[H582] of war[H4421] draw near[H5066]; let them come up[H5927]:
10Beat[H3807] your plowshares[H855] into swords[H2719], and your pruninghooks[H4211] into spears[H7420]: let the weak[H2523]say[H559], I am strong[H1368].
11Assemble[H5789] yourselves, and come[H935], all ye heathen[H1471], and gather yourselves together[H6908] round about[H5439]: thither cause thy mighty ones[H1368] to come[H935]down[H5181], O LORD[H3068].
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Let the heathen[H1471] be wakened[H5782], and come up[H5927] to the valley[H6010] of Jehoshaphat[H3092]: for there will I sit[H3427] to judge[H8199] all the heathen[H1471] round about[H5439].
13Put[H7971] ye in the sickle[H4038], for the harvest[H7105] is ripe[H1310]: come[H935], get you down[H3381]; for the press[H1660] is full[H4390], the fats[H3342]overflow[H7783]; for their wickedness[H7451] is great[H7227].
14Multitudes[H1995], multitudes[H1995] in the valley[H6010] of decision[H2742]: for the day[H3117] of the LORD[H3068] is near[H7138] in the valley[H6010] of decision[H2742].
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The sun[H8121] and the moon[H3394] shall be darkened[H6937], and the stars[H3556] shall withdraw[H622] their shining[H5051].
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The LORD[H3068] also shall roar[H7580] out of Zion[H6726], and utter[H5414] his voice[H6963] from Jerusalem[H3389]; and the heavens[H8064] and the earth[H776] shall shake[H7493]: but the LORD[H3068] will be the hope[H4268] of his people[H5971], and the strength[H4581] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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So shall ye know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]dwelling[H7931] in Zion[H6726], my holy[H6944]mountain[H2022]: then shall Jerusalem[H3389] be holy[H6944], and there shall no strangers[H2114] pass through[H5674] her any more.
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And it shall come to pass in that day[H3117], that the mountains[H2022] shall drop down[H5197] new wine[H6071], and the hills[H1389] shall flow[H3212] with milk[H2461], and all the rivers[H650] of Judah[H3063] shall flow[H3212] with waters[H4325], and a fountain[H4599] shall come forth[H3318] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and shall water[H8248] the valley[H5158] of Shittim[H7851].
19Egypt[H4714] shall be a desolation[H8077], and Edom[H123] shall be a desolate[H8077]wilderness[H4057], for the violence[H2555] against the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063], because they have shed[H8210]innocent[H5355]blood[H1818] in their land[H776].
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But Judah[H3063] shall dwell[H3427] for ever[H5769], and Jerusalem[H3389] from generation[H1755] to generation[H1755].
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For I will cleanse[H5352] their blood[H1818] that I have not cleansed[H5352]: for the LORD[H3068]dwelleth[H7931] in Zion[H6726].