¹“For then, at that time, when I restore

the fortunes of Y’hudah and Yerushalayim,

²I will gather all nations and bring them down

to the Valley of Y’hoshafat [Adonai judges].

I will enter into judgment there

for my people, my heritage Isra’el,

whom they scattered among the nations;

then they divided my land.

³They drew lots for my people,

traded boys for whores,

sold girls for wine to drink.

⁴“Moreover, what have you against me,

Tzor, Tzidon, all parts of P’leshet?

Are you paying me back for something I did?

If you’re paying me back for something I did,

then easily, quickly, I’ll pay you back

right on your own head.

⁵You took my silver and gold.

You brought my good treasures into your temples.

⁶The people of Y’hudah and Yerushalayim

you sold to the Greeks, so that you could remove them

far away from their land.

⁷I will rouse them from the place where you sold them

and pay you back right on your own head —

⁸I will sell your sons and daughters

to the people of Y’hudah;

and they will sell them to the men of Sh’va,

a nation far off; for Adonai has spoken.

⁹“Proclaim this among the nations:

‘Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors!

Let all the fighting men approach and attack.’

¹⁰Hammer your plow-blades into swords

and your pruning-knives into spears.

Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’

¹¹Hurry, come, you surrounding nations,

gather yourselves together!”

Bring your warriors down, Adonai !

¹²“Let the nations be roused and come up

to the Valley of Y’hoshafat [Adonai judges].

For there I will sit to judge

all the surrounding nations.”

¹³Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe;

come, and tread, for the winepress is full.

The vats are overflowing,

for their wickedness is great.

¹⁴Such enormous crowds

in the Valley of Decision!

For the Day of Adonai is upon us

in the Valley of Decision!

¹⁵The sun and moon have grown black,

and the stars have stopped shining.

¹⁶Adonai will roar from Tziyon,

he will thunder from Yerushalayim,

the sky and the earth will shake.

But Adonai will be a refuge for his people,

a stronghold for the people of Isra’el.

¹⁷“You will know that I am Adonai your God,

living on Tziyon my holy mountain.”

Then Yerushalayim will be holy,

and foreigners will pass through her no more.

¹⁸Then, when that time comes,

the mountains will drip with sweet wine,

the hills will flow with milk,

all the streambeds of Y’hudah will run with water,

and a spring will flow from the house of Adonai

to water the Sheetim Valley.

¹⁹But Egypt will be desolate

and Edom a desert waste,

because of the violence done to the people of Y’hudah,

because they shed innocent blood in their land.

²⁰Y’hudah will be inhabited forever,

Yerushalayim through all generations.

²¹“I will cleanse them of bloodguilt

which I have not yet cleansed,”

for Adonai is living in Tziyon.