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1. "In those days and at that time, when I will make things better for 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 together and bring them down into the Valley Where the Lord Judges. There I will judge them, because those nations scattered my own people Israel and forced them to live in other nations. They 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. and threw lots for my people. They traded boys for prostitutes, and they sold girls to buy 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. "Tyre and Sidon and all of you regions of Philistia! What did you have against me? Were you punishing me for something I did, or were you doing something to hurt me? I will very quickly do to you what you have done to me.
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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 took my silver and gold, and you put my precious treasures in your temples.
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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 sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks so that you could send 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. "You sent my people to that faraway place, but I will get them and bring them back, and I will 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 people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabean people far away." The Lord said this.
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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. Announce this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the soldiers! Let all the men of war come near and attack.
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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. Make swords from your plows, and make spears from your hooks for trimming trees. Let even the weak person say, "I am a 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. All of you nations, hurry, and come together in that place. Lord, send your soldiers to gather the nations.
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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. "Wake up, nations, and come to attack in the Valley Where the Lord Judges. 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. Swing the cutting tool, because the harvest is ripe. Come, walk on them as you would walk on grapes to get their juice, because the winepress is full and the barrels are spilling over, because these people are so evil!"
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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. There are huge numbers of people in the Valley of Decision, because the Lord's day of judging is near in the Valley of Decision.
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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 the moon will become dark, and the stars will 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 will roar like a lion from Jerusalem; his loud voice will thunder from that city, and the sky and the earth will shake. But the Lord will be a safe place for his people, a strong place of safety for the people 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, the Lord your God, live on my holy Mount Zion. Jerusalem will be a holy place, and strangers will never even go 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. "On that day wine will drip from the mountains, milk will flow from the hills, and water will run through all the ravines of Judah. and give water to the valley of acacia trees.
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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. But Egypt will become empty, and Edom an empty desert, because they were cruel to the people of Judah. They killed innocent people in that land.
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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 there will always be people living in Judah, and people will live in Jerusalem from now on.
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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. Egypt and Edom killed my people, so I will definitely punish them."
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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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