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For ,
behold ,
in those days ,
and in that time ,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem ,
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I will gather all nations ,
and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat ;
and I will execute judgment on them there for my people ,
and for my heritage ,
Israel ,
whom they have scattered among the nations .
They have divided my land ,
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and have cast lots for my people ,
and have given a boy for a prostitute ,
and sold a girl for wine ,
that they may drink .
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Yes ,
and what are you to me ,
Tyre ,
and Sidon ,
and all the regions of Philistia ?
Will you repay me ?
And if you repay me ,
I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head .
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Because you have taken my silver and my gold ,
and have carried my finest treasures into your temples ,
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and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks ,
that you may remove them far from their border .
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Behold ,
I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them ,
and will return your repayment on your own head ;
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and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah ,
and they will sell them to the men of Sheba ,
to a faraway nation ,
for Yahweh has spoken it ."
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Proclaim this among the nations : "
Prepare for war !
Stir up the mighty men .
Let all the warriors draw near .
Let them come up .
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Beat your plowshares into swords ,
and your pruning hooks into spears .
Let the weak say , '
I am strong .'
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Hurry and come ,
all you surrounding nations ,
and gather yourselves together ."
Cause your mighty ones to come down there ,
Yahweh .
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Let the nations arouse themselves ,
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat ;
for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations .
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Put in the sickle ;
for the harvest is ripe .
Come ,
tread ,
for the winepress is full ,
the vats overflow ,
for their wickedness is great ."
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Multitudes ,
multitudes in the valley of decision !
For the day of Yahweh is near ,
in the valley of decision .
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The sun and the moon are darkened ,
and the stars withdraw their shining .
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Yahweh will roar from Zion ,
and thunder from Jerusalem ;
and the heavens and the earth will shake ;
but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people ,
and a stronghold to the children of Israel .