04:001

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem

04:002

I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land

04:003

And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk

04:004

And also what are ye to Me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render retribution on My behalf? and if ye render retribution on My behalf, swiftly, speedily will I return your retribution upon your own head

04:005

Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures

04:006

the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of Jevanim, that ye might remove them far from their border

04:007

behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your retribution upon your own head

04:008

and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off; for HaShem hath spoken

04:009

Proclaim ye this among the nations, prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up

04:010

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.

04:011

Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together; thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O HaShem

04:012

Let the nations be stirred up, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about

04:013

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great

04:014

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of HaShem is near in the valley of decision

04:015

The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining

04:016

And HaShem shall roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but HaShem will be a refuge unto His people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel

04:017

So shall ye know that I am HaShem your G-d, dwelling in Zion My holy mountain; then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more

04:018

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth of the house of HaShem, and shall water the valley of Shittim

04:019

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land

04:020

But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation

04:021

And I will hold as innocent their blood that I have not held as innocent; and HaShem dwelleth in Zion