3:1 For, behold, in those days 3117, and in that time 6256, when I shall bring again 7725 8686 8675 7725 8799 the captivity 7622 of Judah 3063 and Jerusalem 3389,

3:2 I will also gather 6908 8765 all nations 1471, and will bring them down 3381 8689 into the valley 6010 of Jehoshaphat 3092, and will plead 8199 8738 with them there for my people 5971 and [for] my heritage 5159 Israel 3478, whom they have scattered 6340 8765 among the nations 1471, and parted 2505 8765 my land 776.

3:3 And they have cast 3032 8804 lots 1486 for my people 5971; and have given 5414 8799 a boy 3206 for an harlot 2181 8802, and sold 4376 8804 a girl 3207 for wine 3196, that they might drink 8354 8799.

3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre 6865, and Zidon 6721, and all the coasts 1552 of Palestine 6429? will ye render 7999 8764 me a recompence 1576? and if ye recompense 1580 8802 me, swiftly 7031 [and] speedily 4120 will I return 7725 8686 your recompence 1576 upon your own head 7218;

3:5 Because ye have taken 3947 8804 my silver 3701 and my gold 2091, and have carried 935 8689 into your temples 1964 my goodly 2896 pleasant things 4261:(pleasant: Heb. desirable)

3:6 The children 1121 also of Judah 3063 and the children 1121 of Jerusalem 3389 have ye sold 4376 8804 unto the Grecians 3125 1121, that ye might remove them far 7368 8687 from their border 1366.(the Grecians: Heb. the sons of the Grecians)

3:7 Behold, I will raise 5782 8688 them out of the place 4725 whither ye have sold 4376 8804 them, and will return 7725 8689 your recompence 1576 upon your own head 7218:

3:8 And I will sell 4376 8804 your sons 1121 and your daughters 1323 into the hand 3027 of the children 1121 of Judah 3063, and they shall sell 4376 8804 them to the Sabeans 7615, to a people 1471 far off 7350: for the LORD 3068 hath spoken 1696 8765 [it].

3:9 Proclaim 7121 8798 ye this among the Gentiles 1471; Prepare 6942 8761 war 4421, wake up 5782 8685 the mighty men 1368, let all the men 582 of war 4421 draw near 5066 8799; let them come up 5927 8799:(Prepare: Heb. Sanctify)

3:10 Beat 3807 8798 your plowshares 855 into swords 2719, and your pruninghooks 4211 into spears 7420: let the weak 2523 say 559 8799, I [am] strong 1368.(pruninghooks: or, scythes)

3:11 Assemble 5789 8798 yourselves, and come 935 8798, all ye heathen 1471, and gather yourselves together 6908 8738 round about 5439: thither cause thy mighty ones 1368 to come down 5181 8685, O LORD 3068.(cause…: or, the LORD shall bring down)

3:12 Let the heathen 1471 be wakened 5782 8735, and come up 5927 8799 to the valley 6010 of Jehoshaphat 3092: for there will I sit 3427 8799 to judge 8199 8800 all the heathen 1471 round about 5439.

3:13 Put 7971 8798 ye in the sickle 4038, for the harvest 7105 is ripe 1310 8804: come 935 8798, get you down 3381 8798; for the press 1660 is full 4390 8804, the fats 3342 overflow 7783 8689; for their wickedness 7451 [is] great 7227.

3:14 Multitudes 1995, multitudes 1995 in the valley 6010 of decision 2742: for the day 3117 of the LORD 3068 [is] near 7138 in the valley 6010 of decision 2742.(decision: or, concision, or, threshing)

3:15 The sun 8121 and the moon 3394 shall be darkened 6937 8804, and the stars 3556 shall withdraw 622 8804 their shining 5051.

3:16 The LORD 3068 also shall roar 7580 8799 out of Zion 6726, and utter 5414 8799 his voice 6963 from Jerusalem 3389; and the heavens 8064 and the earth 776 shall shake 7493 8804: but the LORD 3068 [will be] the hope 4268 of his people 5971, and the strength 4581 of the children 1121 of Israel 3478.(hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour)

3:17 So shall ye know 3045 8804 that I [am] the LORD 3068 your God 430 dwelling 7931 8802 in Zion 6726, my holy 6944 mountain 2022: then shall Jerusalem 3389 be holy 6944, and there shall no strangers 2114 8801 pass through 5674 8799 her any more.(holy: Heb. holiness)

3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day 3117, [that] the mountains 2022 shall drop down 5197 8799 new wine 6071, and the hills 1389 shall flow 3212 8799 with milk 2461, and all the rivers 650 of Judah 3063 shall flow 3212 8799 with waters 4325, and a fountain 4599 shall come forth 3318 8799 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068, and shall water 8248 8689 the valley 5158 of Shittim 7851.(flow: Heb. go)

3:19 Egypt 4714 shall be a desolation 8077, and Edom 123 shall be a desolate 8077 wilderness 4057, for the violence 2555 [against] the children 1121 of Judah 3063, because they have shed 8210 8804 innocent 5355 blood 1818 in their land 776.

3:20 But Judah 3063 shall dwell 3427 8799 for ever 5769, and Jerusalem 3389 from generation 1755 to generation 1755.(dwell: or, abide)

3:21 For I will cleanse 5352 8765 their blood 1818 [that] I have not cleansed 5352 8765: for the LORD 3068 dwelleth 7931 8802 in Zion 6726.(for the…: or, even I the LORD that)

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