The Nations Will Be Judged

1 “1For behold, ain those days and at that time,

When I brestore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will agather all the nations

And bring them down to the bvalley of 1Jehoshaphat.

Then I will center into judgment with them there

On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,

Whom they have dscattered among the nations;

And they have edivided up My land.

3 “They have also acast lots for My people,

1bTraded a boy for a harlot

And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

4 “Moreover, what are you to Me, O aTyre, Sidon and all the regions of bPhilistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will creturn your recompense on your head.

5 “Since you have ataken My silver and My gold, brought My precious 1treasures to your temples,

6 and sold the asons of Judah and Jerusalem to the 1Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,

7 behold, I am going to aarouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

8 “Also I will asell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the bSabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.

9 aProclaim this among the nations:

bPrepare a war; crouse the mighty men!

Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

10 aBeat your plowshares into swords

And your pruning hooks into spears;

bLet the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

11 1aHasten and come, all you surrounding nations,

And gather yourselves there.

Bring down, O Lord, Your bmighty ones.

12 Let the nations be aroused

And come up to the avalley of 1Jehoshaphat,

For there I will sit to bjudge

All the surrounding nations.

13 aPut in the sickle, for the bharvest is ripe.

Come, ctread, for the dwine press is full;

The vats overflow, for their ewickedness is great.

14 aMultitudes, multitudes in the bvalley of 1decision!

For the cday of the Lord is near in the valley of 1decision.