1 For behold,iJer. 30:3 in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 j[Zeph. 3:8]; See Zech. 14:2-4 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. AndkIsa. 66:16; Jer. 25:31 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, 3 andlObad. 11; Nah. 3:10 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 What are you to me,mIsa. 23:1, 2; Jer. 47:4; Amos 1:9 O Tyre and Sidon, and alln[Ezek. 25:15, 16] the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back,o[Obad. 15] I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. 5 Forp[2 Chr. 21:16, 17] you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.1Or palaces 6 You have soldq[ver. 3] the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. 7 Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, ando[See ver. 4 above] I will return your payment on your own head. 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to therSee 1 Kgs. 10:1 Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken. ”
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
s[Mic. 3:5] Consecrate for war;1Or Consecrate a war
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 t[Isa. 2:4] Beat your plowshares into swords,
andt[Isa. 2:4] your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior. ”
11 u[Isa. 54:15] Hasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
v[Zech. 14:5] Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up towver. 2 the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
xPs. 96:13; 98:9; 110:6; Isa. 2:4; 3:13; Mic. 4:3 for there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.
13 yRev. 14:15 Put in the sickle,
z[Jer. 51:33; Hos. 6:11; Matt. 13:30, 39; Mark 4:29; John 4:35; Rev. 14:15, 18] for the harvest is ripe.
aRev. 14:20; [Isa. 63:2, 3] Go in, tread,
aRev. 14:20; [Isa. 63:2, 3] for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
ForbSee ch. 1:15 the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
15 cSee ch. 2:10 The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
16 dch. 2:11; Amos 1:2; [Jer. 25:30] The Lord roars from Zion,
anddch. 2:11; Amos 1:2; [Jer. 25:30] utters his voice from Jerusalem,
ech. 2:10 and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord isfIsa. 4:6; 25:4 a refuge to his people,
a stronghold to the people of Israel.
17
gch. 2:27; [Ezek. 6:7] “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
hver. 21; [Ezek. 43:7] who dwells in Zion,ich. 2:1; Ps. 48:1; Isa. 65:11; Jer. 31:23 my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
andjIsa. 52:1; Nah. 1:15; Zech. 14:21; [Rev. 21:27; 22:15] strangers shall never again pass through it.
18 And in that day
kJer. 31:12; Amos 9:13 the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
andlIsa. 30:25 all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
mEzek. 47:1 and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley ofnSee Num. 25:1 Shittim.
19 oSee Isa. 19:1-17 Egypt shall become a desolation
andpSee Isa. 34:5 Edom a desolate wilderness,
qObad. 10 for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 rPs. 125:1, 2; Ezek. 37:25 But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 sIsa. 4:4; Ezek. 36:25, 29 I will avenge their blood,
blood I have not avenged,1Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted
h[See ver. 17 above] for the Lord dwells in Zion. ”