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1. qj"In those days and at that time, I will return the riches of Judah and Jerusalem.
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1. For H3588 , behold H2009 , in those H1992 days H3117 , and in that H1931 time H6256 , when H834 I shall bring again H7725 H853 the captivity H7622 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 ,
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2. I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for what they did to My people Israel. They have sent My people out among the different nations, and have divided up My land.
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2. I will also gather H6908 H853 all H3605 nations H1471 , and will bring them down H3381 into H413 the valley H6010 of Jehoshaphat H3092 , and will plead H8199 with H5973 them there H8033 for H5921 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 .
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3. They have drawn names to see who would get My people. They have traded a boy for a woman who sells the use of her body. And they have sold a girl for wine to drink.
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3. And they have cast H3032 lots H1486 for H413 my people H5971 ; and have given H5414 a boy H3206 for a harlot H2181 , and sold H4376 a girl H3207 for wine H3196 , that they might drink H8354 .
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4. What are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the lands of Philistia? Are you paying Me back for something? If you are, I will be quick to pay you back!
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4. Yea H1571 , and what H4100 have ye H859 to do with me , O Tyre H6865 , and Zidon H6721 , and all H3605 the coasts H1552 of Philistia H6429 ? will ye H859 render H7999 H5921 me a recompense H1576 ? and if H518 ye H859 recompense H1580 H5921 me, swiftly H7031 and speedily H4120 will I return H7725 your recompense H1576 upon your own head H7218 ;
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5. You have taken My silver and My gold, and brought My riches to your places of worship.
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5. Because H834 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 :
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6. You have sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, sending them far from their land.
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6. The children H1121 also of Judah H3063 and the children H1121 of Jerusalem H3389 have ye sold H4376 unto the Greeks H1121 H3125 , that H4616 ye might remove them far H7368 from H4480 H5921 their border H1366 .
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7. So I am going to move them from the place where you have sold them, and do to you what you have done to them.
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7. Behold H2009 , I will raise H5782 them out of H4480 the place H4725 whither H834 H8033 ye have sold H4376 them , and will return H7725 your recompense H1576 upon your own head H7218 :
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8. I will sell your sons and daughters to the sons of Judah. And they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away." The Lord has spoken.
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8. And I will sell H4376 H853 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 H413 a people H1471 far off H7350 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 it .
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9. Make this known among the nations: Get ready for war! Call your strong men! Gather all the soldiers and let them come up!
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9. Proclaim H7121 ye this H2063 among the Gentiles H1471 ; Prepare H6942 war H4421 , wake up H5782 the mighty men H1368 , let all H3605 the men H376 of war H4421 draw near H5066 ; let them come up H5927 :
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10. Beat your plows into swords, and your vine hooks into spears. Let the weak say, "I am a powerful soldier."
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10. Beat H3807 your plowshares H855 into swords H2719 , and your pruning hooks H4211 into spears H7420 : let the weak H2523 say H559 , I H589 am strong H1368 .
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11. Hurry and come, all you nations on every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down Your men of war, O Lord.
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11. Assemble H5789 yourselves , and come H935 , all H3605 ye heathen H1471 , and gather yourselves together H6908 round about H4480 H5439 : thither H8033 cause thy mighty ones H1368 to come down H5181 , O LORD H3068 .
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12. Let the nations get ready and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
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12. Let the heathen H1471 be wakened H5782 , and come up H5927 to H413 the valley H6010 of Jehoshaphat H3092 : for H3588 there H8033 will I sit H3427 to judge H8199 H853 all H3605 the heathen H1471 round about H4480 H5439 .
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13. Use the long, sharp knife, for the fruit is full-grown. Come and crush the grapes, for the crushing-place is full. They flow over, for their sins are many.
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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 .
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14. Thousands and thousands are in the valley of God's punishment. For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of God's punishment.
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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 .
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15. The sun and moon become dark, and the stars stop shining.
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15. The sun H8121 and the moon H3394 shall be darkened H6937 , and the stars H3556 shall withdraw H622 their shining H5051 .
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16. The Lord makes a loud noise from Zion. He lets His voice be heard from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a safe place for His people, a strong place to the sons of Israel.
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16. The LORD H3068 also shall roar H7580 out of Zion H4480 H6726 , and utter H5414 his voice H6963 from Jerusalem H4480 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 .
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17. "Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, living in Zion My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will never pass through it again.
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17. So shall ye know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 dwelling H7931 in Zion H6726 , my holy H6944 mountain H2022 : then shall Jerusalem H3389 be H1961 holy H6944 , and there shall no H3808 strangers H2114 pass through H5674 her any more H5750 .
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18. "In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine and the hills will flow with milk. All the rivers of Judah will flow with water. And a river will go out from the house of the Lord to water the valley of Shittim.
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18. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that the mountains H2022 shall drop down H5197 new wine H6071 , and the hills H1389 shall flow H1980 with milk H2461 , and all H3605 the rivers H650 of Judah H3063 shall flow H1980 with waters H4325 , and a fountain H4599 shall come forth H3318 of the house H4480 H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and shall water H8248 H853 the valley H5158 of Shittim H7851 .
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19. Egypt will be destroyed and Edom will become a desert waste, because of the bad things done to the sons of Judah. They have killed people in the land of Judah who were not guilty of wrong-doing.
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19. Egypt H4714 shall be H1961 a desolation H8077 , and Edom H123 shall be H1961 a desolate H8077 wilderness H4057 , for H4480 the violence H2555 against the children H1121 of Judah H3063 , because H834 they have shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in their land H776 .
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20. But people will live in Judah and Jerusalem forever.
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20. But Judah H3063 shall dwell H3427 forever H5769 , and Jerusalem H3389 from generation H1755 to generation H1755 .
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21. I will punish the ones who killed them, whom I have not yet punished, for the Lord lives in Zion."
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21. For I will cleanse H5352 their blood H1818 that I have not H3808 cleansed H5352 : for the LORD H3068 dwelleth H7931 in Zion H6726 .
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