| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, | 1For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem. |
| 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, | 2Then I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment against them there concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance, whom they scattered among the nations. They partitioned my land, |
| 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. | 3and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. |
| 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. | 4Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! |
| 5For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. | 5For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces. |
| 6You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. | 6You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country. |
| 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. | 7Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done! |
| 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.” | 8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the LORD has spoken! |
| 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. | 9Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack! |
| 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.” | 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!' |
| 11Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD. | 11Lend your aid and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves to that place." Bring down, O LORD, your warriors! |
| 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. | 12Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations. |
| 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. | 13Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow. Indeed, their evil is great! |
| 14Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. | 14Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision! |
| 15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. | 15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness. |
| 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. | 16The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel. |
| 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. | 17You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy--conquering armies will no longer pass through it. |
| 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. | 18On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees. |
| 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. | 19Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. |
| 20But Judah shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to all generations. | 20But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next. |
| 21I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion.” | 21I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the LORD who dwells in Zion! |
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