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[1] “For, behold, in those days,
and in that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
[2] 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,
[3] 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. [4] “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.
[5] Because you have taken my silver and my gold,
and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
[6] 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.
[7] Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them,
and will return your repayment on your own head;
[8] 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.” [9] Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let them come up. [10] Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
[11] Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves together.”
Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
[12] “Let the nations arouse themselves,
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
[13] Put in the sickle;
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full,
the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
[14] Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision.
[15] The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
[16] 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.
[17] “So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God,
dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and no strangers will pass through her any more.
[18] It will happen in that day,
that the mountains will drop down sweet wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters;
and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house,
and will water the valley of Shittim.
[19] Egypt will be a desolation
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the children of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
[20] But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
[21] I will cleanse their blood
that I have not cleansed,
for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
King James Version

The Valley of Decision

[1] For, behold, in those days, H3117 and in that time, H6256 when I shall bring again H7725 H7725 H853 the captivity H7622 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem, H3389 [2] I will also gather H6908 all H3605 nations, H1471 and will bring them down H3381 into the valley H6010 of Jehoshaphat, H3092 and will plead H8199 with H5973 them there for my people H5971 and for my heritage H5159 Israel, H3478 whom H834 they have scattered H6340 among the nations, H1471 and parted H2505 my land. H776 [3] And they have cast H3032 lots H1486 for my people; H5971 and have given H5414 a boy H3206 for an harlot, H2181 and sold H4376 a girl H3207 for wine, H3196 that they might drink. H8354 [4] Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, H6865 and Zidon, H6721 and all the coasts H1552 of Palestine? H6429 will ye render H7999 me a recompence? H1576 and if ye recompense H1580 me, swiftly H7031 and speedily H4120 will I return H7725 your recompence H1576 upon H5921 your own head; H7218 [5] because ye have taken H3947 my silver H3701 and my gold, H2091 and have carried H935 into your temples H1964 my goodly H2896 pleasant things: H4261§ [6] the children H1121 also of Judah H3063 and the children H1121 of Jerusalem H3389 have ye sold H4376 unto the Grecians, H3125§ H1121 that ye might remove them far H7368 from their border. H1366 [7] Behold, I will raise H5782 them out of the place H4725 whither ye have sold H4376 them, and will return H7725 your recompence H1576 upon your own head: H7218 [8] and I will sell H4376 your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323 into the hand H3027 of the children H1121 of Judah, H3063 and they shall sell H4376 them to the Sabeans, H7615 to a people H1471 far off: H7350 for H3588 the Lord H3068 hath spoken H1696 it. [9] Proclaim H7121 ye this among the Gentiles; H1471 Prepare H6942§ war, H4421 wake up H5782 the mighty men, H1368 let all the men H582 of war H4421 draw near; H5066 let them come up: H5927 [10] beat H3807 your plowshares H855 into swords, H2719 and your pruninghooks H4211§ into spears: H7420 let the weak H2523 say, H559 I am strong. H1368 [11] Assemble H5789 yourselves, and come, H935 all H3605 ye heathen, H1471 and gather yourselves together H6908 round about: H5439 thither cause thy mighty ones H1368 to come down, H5181 O Lord.§ H3068 [12] Let the heathen H1471 be wakened, H5782 and come up H5927 to the valley H6010 of Jehoshaphat: H3092 for H3588 there H8033 will I sit H3427 to judge H8199 all H3605 the heathen H1471 round about. H5439 [13] Put H7971 ye in the sickle, H4038 for H3588 the harvest H7105 is ripe: H1310 come, H935 get you down; H3381 for H3588 the press H1660 is full, H4390 the fats H3342 overflow; H7783 for H3588 their wickedness H7451 is great. H7227 [14] Multitudes, H1995 multitudes H1995 in the valley H6010 of decision: H2742§ for H3588 the day H3117 of the Lord H3068 is near H7138 in the valley H6010 of decision. H2742 [15] The sun H8121 and the moon H3394 shall be darkened, H6937 and the stars H3556 shall withdraw H622 their shining. H5051 [16] The Lord H3068 also shall roar H7580 out of Zion, H6726 and utter H5414 his voice H6963 from Jerusalem; H3389 and the heavens H8064 and the earth H776 shall shake: H7493 but the Lord H3068 will be the hope H4268§ of his people, H5971 and the strength H4581 of the children H1121 of Israel. H3478 [17] So shall ye know H3045 that I am the Lord H3068 your God H430 dwelling H7931 in Zion, H6726 my holy H6944§ mountain: H2022 then shall Jerusalem H3389 be holy, H6944 and there shall no strangers H2114 pass through H5674 her any more. [18] And it shall come to pass in that day, H3117 that the mountains H2022 shall drop down H5197 new wine, H6071 and the hills H1389 shall flow H3212§ with milk, H2461 and all the rivers H650 of Judah H3063 shall flow H3212 with waters, H4325 and a fountain H4599 shall come forth H3318 of the house H1004 of the Lord, H3068 and shall water H8248 H853 the valley H5158 of Shittim. H7851 [19] Egypt H4714 shall be a desolation, H8077 and Edom H123 shall be a desolate H8077 wilderness, H4057 for the violence H2555 against the children H1121 of Judah, H3063 because they have shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in their land. H776 [20] But Judah H3063 shall dwell H3427§ for ever, H5769 and Jerusalem H3389 from generation H1755 to generation. H1755 [21] For I will cleanse H5352 their blood H1818 that I have not cleansed: H5352 for the Lord H3068 dwelleth H7931 in Zion. H6726§

Footnotes

  1. § 3:5 Heb. desireable
  2. § 3:6 Heb. the sons of the Grecians
  3. § 3:9 Heb. sanctify
  4. § 3:10 Or, scythes
  5. § 3:11 Or, the Lord shall be brought down
  6. § 3:14 Or, concision, or threshing
  7. § 3:16 Heb. place of repair, or harbour
  8. § 3:17 Heb. holiness
  9. § 3:18 Heb. go
  10. § 3:20 Or, abide
  11. § 3:21 Or, Even I the Lord that dwelleth in Zion
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Διότι G1360 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 ἡμέραις G2250 ἐκείναις G1565 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 καιρῷ G2540 ἐκείνῳ, G1565 ὅταν G3752 ἐπιστρέψω G1994 τὴν G3588 αἰχμαλωσίαν G161 Ιουδα καὶ G2532 Ιερουσαλημ, G2419 [2] ‡καὶ G2532 συνάξω G4863 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 καὶ G2532 κατάξω G2609 αὐτὰ G846 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 κοιλάδα Ιωσαφατ G2498 καὶ G2532 διακριθήσομαι G1252 πρὸς G4314 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐκεῖ G1563 ὑπὲρ G5228 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τῆς G3588 κληρονομίας G2817 μου G3450 Ισραηλ, G2474 οἳ G3739 διεσπάρησαν G1289 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν· G1484 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 μου G3450 καταδιείλαντο [3] ‡καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 λαόν G2992 μου G3450 ἔβαλον G906 κλήρους G2819 καὶ G2532 ἔδωκαν G1325 τὰ G3588 παιδάρια G3808 πόρναις G4204 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 κοράσια G2877 ἐπώλουν G4453 ἀντὶ G473 οἴνου G3631 καὶ G2532 ἔπινον. G4095 [4] ‡Καὶ G2532 τί G5101 καὶ G2532 ὑμεῖς G5210 ἐμοί, G1699 Τύρος G5184 καὶ G2532 Σιδὼν G4605 καὶ G2532 πᾶσα G3956 Γαλιλαία G1056 ἀλλοφύλων; G246 Μὴ G3361 ἀνταπόδομα G468 ὑμεῖς G5210 ἀνταποδίδοτέ G467 μοι; G3427 Ἢ G2228 μνησικακεῖτε ὑμεῖς G5210 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμοὶ G1699 ὀξέως; Καὶ G2532 ταχέως G5030 ἀνταποδώσω G467 τὸ G3588 ἀνταπόδομα G468 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 κεφαλὰς G2776 ὑμῶν, G5216 [5] ‡ἀνθ’ G473 ὧν G3739 τὸ G3588 ἀργύριόν G694 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 χρυσίον G5553 μου G3450 ἐλάβετε G2983 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἐπίλεκτά μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 καλὰ G2570 εἰσηνέγκατε G1533 εἰς G1519 τοὺς G3588 ναοὺς G3485 ὑμῶν G5216 [6] ‡καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 Ιουδα καὶ G2532 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἀπέδοσθε G591 τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 τῶν G3588 Ἑλλήνων, G1672 ὅπως G3704 ἐξώσητε G1856 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 ὁρίων G3725 αὐτῶν. G846 [7] ‡Ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐξεγείρω G1825 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐκ G1537 τοῦ G3588 τόπου, G5117 οὗ G3739 ἀπέδοσθε G591 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐκεῖ, G1563 καὶ G2532 ἀνταποδώσω G467 τὸ G3588 ἀνταπόδομα G468 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 κεφαλὰς G2776 ὑμῶν G5216 [8] ‡καὶ G2532 ἀποδώσομαι G591 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 ὑμῶν G5216 καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 θυγατέρας G2364 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 υἱῶν G5207 Ιουδα, καὶ G2532 ἀποδώσονται G591 αὐτοὺς G846 εἰς G1519 αἰχμαλωσίαν G161 εἰς G1519 ἔθνος G1484 μακρὰν G3112 ἀπέχον, ὅτι G3754 κύριος G2962 ἐλάλησεν. G2980 [9] ‡Κηρύξατε G2784 ταῦτα G5023 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν, G1484 ἁγιάσατε G37 πόλεμον, G4171 ἐξεγείρατε G1825 τοὺς G3588 μαχητάς· προσαγάγετε G4317 καὶ G2532 ἀναβαίνετε, G305 πάντες G3956 ἄνδρες G435 πολεμισταί. [10] ‡Συγκόψατε τὰ G3588 ἄροτρα G723 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 ῥομφαίας G4501 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 δρέπανα G1407 ὑμῶν G5216 εἰς G1519 σειρομάστας· ὁ G3588 ἀδύνατος G102 λεγέτω G3004 ὅτι G3754 Ἰσχύω G2480 ἐγώ. G1473 [11] ‡Συναθροίζεσθε G4867 καὶ G2532 εἰσπορεύεσθε, G1531 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 κυκλόθεν, G2943 καὶ G2532 συνάχθητε G4863 ἐκεῖ· G1563 ὁ G3588 πραὺς ἔστω G2077 μαχητής. [12] ‡Ἐξεγειρέσθωσαν G1825 καὶ G2532 ἀναβαινέτωσαν G305 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 κοιλάδα Ιωσαφατ, G2498 διότι G1360 ἐκεῖ G1563 καθιῶ G2523 τοῦ G3588 διακρῖναι G1252 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 κυκλόθεν. G2943 [13] ‡Ἐξαποστείλατε G1821 δρέπανα, G1407 ὅτι G3754 παρέστηκεν G3936 τρύγητος· εἰσπορεύεσθε G1531 πατεῖτε, G3961 διότι G1360 πλήρης G4134 ἡ G3588 ληνός· G3025 ὑπερεκχεῖται τὰ G3588 ὑπολήνια, G5276 ὅτι G3754 πεπλήθυνται G4129 τὰ G3588 κακὰ G2556 αὐτῶν. G846 [14] ‡Ἦχοι G2279 ἐξήχησαν G1837 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 κοιλάδι τῆς G3588 δίκης, G1349 ὅτι G3754 ἐγγὺς G1451 ἡμέρα G2250 κυρίου G2962 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 κοιλάδι τῆς G3588 δίκης. G1349 [15] ‡Ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 σελήνη G4582 συσκοτάσουσιν, καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀστέρες G792 δύσουσιν G1416 φέγγος G5338 αὐτῶν. G846 [16] ‡Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 κύριος G2962 ἐκ G1537 Σιων G4622 ἀνακεκράξεται G349 καὶ G2532 ἐξ G1537 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 δώσει G1325 φωνὴν G5456 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 σεισθήσεται G4579 ὁ G3588 οὐρανὸς G3772 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 γῆ· G1093 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 κύριος G2962 φείσεται G5339 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐνισχύσει G1765 κύριος G2962 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 Ισραηλ. G2474 [17] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐπιγνώσεσθε G1921 διότι G1360 ἐγὼ G1473 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὑμῶν G5216 ὁ G3588 κατασκηνῶν G2681 ἐν G1722 Σιων G4622 ἐν G1722 ὄρει G3735 ἁγίῳ G40 μου· G3450 καὶ G2532 ἔσται G2071 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 πόλις G4172 ἁγία, G40 καὶ G2532 ἀλλογενεῖς G241 οὐ G3756 διελεύσονται G1330 δι’ G1223 αὐτῆς G846 οὐκέτι. G3765 [18] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἔσται G2071 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 ἐκείνῃ G1565 ἀποσταλάξει τὰ G3588 ὄρη G3735 γλυκασμόν, καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 βουνοὶ G1015 ῥυήσονται G4482 γάλα, G1051 καὶ G2532 πᾶσαι G3956 αἱ G3588 ἀφέσεις G859 Ιουδα ῥυήσονται G4482 ὕδατα, G5204 καὶ G2532 πηγὴ G4077 ἐξ G1537 οἴκου G3624 κυρίου G2962 ἐξελεύσεται G1831 καὶ G2532 ποτιεῖ G4222 τὸν G3588 χειμάρρουν G5493 τῶν G3588 σχοίνων. [19] ‡Αἴγυπτος G125 εἰς G1519 ἀφανισμὸν G854 ἔσται, G2071 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 Ιδουμαία G2401 εἰς G1519 πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ G854 ἔσται G2071 ἐξ G1537 ἀδικιῶν G93 υἱῶν G5207 Ιουδα, ἀνθ’ G473 ὧν G3739 ἐξέχεαν G1632 αἷμα G129 δίκαιον G1342 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 γῇ G1093 αὐτῶν. G846 [20] ‡Ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 Ιουδαία G2449 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 αἰῶνα G165 κατοικηθήσεται G2730 καὶ G2532 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 εἰς G1519 γενεὰς G1074 γενεῶν. G1074 [21] ‡Καὶ G2532 ἐκδικήσω G1556 τὸ G3588 αἷμα G129 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀθῳώσω. Καὶ G2532 κύριος G2962 κατασκηνώσει G2681 ἐν G1722 Σιων. G4622
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 3:1 Originally verse 4:1.
  2. ‡ 3:2 Originally verse 4:2.
  3. ‡ 3:3 Originally verse 4:3.
  4. ‡ 3:4 Originally verse 4:4.
  5. ‡ 3:5 Originally verse 4:5.
  6. ‡ 3:6 Originally verse 4:6.
  7. ‡ 3:7 Originally verse 4:7.
  8. ‡ 3:8 Originally verse 4:8.
  9. ‡ 3:9 Originally verse 4:9.
  10. ‡ 3:10 Originally verse 4:10.
  11. ‡ 3:11 Originally verse 4:11.
  12. ‡ 3:12 Originally verse 4:12.
  13. ‡ 3:13 Originally verse 4:13.
  14. ‡ 3:14 Originally verse 4:14.
  15. ‡ 3:15 Originally verse 4:15.
  16. ‡ 3:16 Originally verse 4:16.
  17. ‡ 3:17 Originally verse 4:17.
  18. ‡ 3:18 Originally verse 4:18.
  19. ‡ 3:19 Originally verse 4:19.
  20. ‡ 3:20 Originally verse 4:20.
  21. ‡ 3:21 Originally verse 4:21.