1 Because lo in those days, and in that time when I shall convert the captivity of Juda, & Jerusalem,
1 For behold in those days, and in that time when I shall bring back the captivity of Juda, and Jerusalem:
2 I will gather together all Nations, and will lead them into the valley of Josaphat: and I will plead with them there upon my people, and mine inheritance Israel, whom they have dispersed in the nations, and have divided my land.
2 I will gather together all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Josaphat: and I will plead with them there for my people, and for my inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and have parted my land.
3 And upon my people they have cast lot: & boy they have given to be a strumpet, and wench they have sold for wine, that they might drink.
3 And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.
4 But what is to me and to you o Tyre, and Sidon, and all the border of the Palesthines? What, will you render me revenge, and if you do revenge against me, I will soon render you quickly recompense upon your head.
4 But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? Will you revenge yourselves on me? And if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head.
5 For my silver, and my gold you have taken: and my desirable things, and most beautiful you have carried into your temples.
5 For you have taken away my silver, and my gold: and my desirable, and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.
6 And the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might make them far off from their coasts.
6 And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem, you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.
7 Behold I will raise them up out of the place, wherein you have sold them: and I will turn your retribution upon your own head.
7 Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.
8 And I will sell your sons, and your daughters into the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabæans, a nation far off, because our Lord hath spoken.
8 And I will sell your sons, and your daughters, by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 Proclaim ye this in the Gentiles: sanctify battle, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.
9 Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.
10 Cut your ploughs into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: That I am strong.
10 Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong.
11 Break out, and come all ye nations from round about, and be gathered together: there will our Lord make all thy strong ones to be slain.
11 Break forth, and come, all ye nations from round about, and gather yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to fall down.
12 Let them arise, & let the Gentiles ascend into the valley of Josaphat: because there I will sit, to judge all nations round about.
12 Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.
13 Put in the sithes, because the harvest is ripe: come, and descend, because the press is full, the presses run over: because their malice is multiplied.
13 ¹Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied.
14 Peoples peoples in the valley of concision, because the day of our Lord is nigh in the valley of concision.
14 Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened, & the stars have withdrawn their shining.
15 ²The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.
16 And our Lord will roar out of Sion, and out of Jerusalem he will give his voice: and the heavens, and the earth shall be moved, and our Lord the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
16 ³And the Lord shall roar out of Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth shall be moved, and the Lord shall be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 And you shall know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Sion my holy mount: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall pass through it no more.
17 And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Sion, my holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall pass through it no more.
18 And it shall be in that day: the mountains shall distill sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk: and through all the rivers of Juda shall run waters: and a fountain shall issue out of the house of the Lord, and shall water the torrent of thorns.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, ⁴that the mountains shall drop down sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk: and waters shall flow through all the rivers of Juda: and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the torrent of thorns.
19 Ægypt shall be into desolation, & Idumea into a desert of perdition, for that they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have shed innocent blood in their land.
19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a wilderness destroyed: because they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 And Jewry shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem unto generation and generation.
20 And Judea shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem to generation and generation.
21 And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.
21 And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.