3:1  "For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

3:2  I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land.

3:3  "They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

3:4  "Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

3:5  "Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,

3:6  and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,

3:7  behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

3:8  "Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken."

3:9  Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

3:10  Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."

3:11  Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones.

3:12  Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.

3:13  Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.

3:14  Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

3:15  The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.

3:16  The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.

3:17  Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more.

3:18  And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim.

3:19  Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

3:20  But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.

3:21  And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion.