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The Nations Will Be Judged

¹ "^(F1)For behold, ^(C1)in those days and at that time,
When I ^(C2)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

² I will ^(C1)gather all the nations
And bring them down to the ^(C2)Valley of ^(F1)Jehoshaphat.
Then I will ^(C3)enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have ^(C4)scattered among the nations;
And they have ^(C5)divided up My land.

³ "They have also ^(C1)cast lots for My people,
^(F1)(C2)Traded a boy for a prostitute,
And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

^9 (C1)Proclaim this among the nations:
^(C2)Prepare for holy war; ^(C3)stir up the warriors!
Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!

^10 (C1)Beat your plowshares into swords,
And your pruning hooks into spears;
^(C2)Let the weak man say, "I am a warrior."

^11 (F1)(C1)Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, LORD, Your ^(C2)warriors.

¹² Let the nations be awakened
And come up to the ^(C1)Valley of ^(F1)Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to ^(C2)judge
All the surrounding nations.

^13 (C1)Put in the sickle, for the ^(C2)harvest is ripe.
Come, ^(C3)tread the grapes, for the ^(C4)wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their ^(C5)wickedness is great.

^14 (C1)Multitudes, multitudes in the ^(C2)valley of ^(F1)decision!
For the ^(C3)day of the LORD is near in the valley of ^(F1)decision.

¹⁵ The ^(C1)sun and moon have become dark,
And the stars have lost their brightness.

¹⁶ The LORD ^(C1)roars from Zion
And ^(C2)utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the ^(C3)heavens and the earth quake.
But the LORD is a ^(C4)refuge for His people,
And a ^(C5)stronghold for the sons of Israel.

¹⁷ Then you will ^(C1)know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling on Zion, My ^(C2)holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be ^(C3)holy,
And ^(C4)strangers will no longer pass through it.

Judah Will Be Blessed

¹⁸ And on that day
The ^(C1)mountains will drip with ^(F1)sweet wine,
And the hills will ^(C2)flow with milk,
And all the ^(C3)brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a ^(C4)spring will go out from the house of the LORD
And water the Valley of ^(F2)Shittim.

¹⁹ Egypt will become a wasteland,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the ^(C1)violence ^(F1)done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

²⁰ But Judah will be ^(C1)inhabited forever,
And Jerusalem for all generations.

²¹ And I will ^(C1)avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the LORD dwells in Zion.