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For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
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"In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem,
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"In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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"For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
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"At that time, when I restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem," says the LORD,
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I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
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I'll assemble all the godless nations. I'll lead them down into Judgment Valley And put them all on trial, and judge them one and all because of their treatment of my own people Israel. They scattered my people all over the pagan world and grabbed my land for themselves.
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I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
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I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.
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"I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will judge them for harming my people, for scattering my inheritance among the nations, and for dividing up my land.
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And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
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They threw dice for my people and used them for barter. They would trade a boy for a whore, sell a girl for a bottle of wine when they wanted a drink. [JC]
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They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink.
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They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
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They cast lots to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded young boys for prostitutes and little girls for enough wine to get drunk.
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Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
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"As for you, Tyre and Sidon and Philistia, why should I bother with you? Are you trying to get back at me for something I did to you? If you are, forget it. I'll see to it that it boomerangs on you.
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"Now what have you against me, O Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.
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"Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;
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"What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.
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Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
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You robbed me, cleaned me out of silver and gold, carted off everything valuable to furnish your own temples.
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For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.
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Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.
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You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and you have carried them off to your pagan temples.
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The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
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You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem into slavery to the Greeks in faraway places.
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You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
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Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.
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You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, who took them far from their homeland.
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Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
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But I'm going to reverse your crime. I'm going to free those slaves. I'll have done to you what you did to them:
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"See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done.
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"Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head.
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But I will bring them back again from all these places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for all you have done.
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And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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I'll sell your children as slaves to your neighbors, And they'll sell them to the far-off Sabeans." GOD's Verdict. [JC]
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I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away." The LORD has spoken.
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I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the LORD has spoken."
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I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the peoples of Arabia, a nation far away. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
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Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
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Announce this to the godless nations: Prepare for battle! Soldiers at attention! Present arms! Advance!
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Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
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Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
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Say to the nations far and wide: "Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors! Let all your fighting men advance for the attack!
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Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
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Turn your shovels into swords, turn your hoes into spears. Let the weak one throw out his chest and say, "I'm tough, I'm a fighter."
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Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, "I am strong!"
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Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am strong."'
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Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
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Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
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Hurry up, pagans! Wherever you are, get a move on! Get your act together. Prepare to be shattered by GOD!
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Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, O LORD!
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Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD.
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Come quickly, all you nations everywhere! Gather together in the valley." And now, O LORD, call out your warriors!
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Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
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Let the pagan nations set out for Judgment Valley. There I'll take my place at the bench and judge all the surrounding nations.
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"Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
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"Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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"Let the nations be called to arms. Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I, the LORD, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all.
Joel.3.13
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
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"Swing the sickle--the harvest is ready. Stomp on the grapes--the winepress is full. The wine vats are full, overflowing with vintage evil.
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Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow- so great is their wickedness!"
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Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow-- For their wickedness is great."
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Now let the sickle do its work, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the winepress because it is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people."
Joel.3.14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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"Mass confusion, mob uproar--in Decision Valley! GOD's Judgment Day has arrived in Decision Valley.
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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. It is there that the day of the LORD will soon arrive.
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The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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"The sky turns black, sun and moon go dark, stars burn out.
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The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
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The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness.
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The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
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The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
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GOD roars from Zion, shouts from Jerusalem. Earth and sky quake in terror. But GOD is a safe hiding place, a granite safe house for the children of Israel.
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The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
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The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.
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The LORD's voice will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem, and the earth and heavens will begin to shake. But to his people of Israel, the LORD will be a welcoming refuge and a strong fortress.
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So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
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Then you'll know for sure that I'm your GOD, Living in Zion, my sacred mountain. Jerusalem will be a sacred city, posted: "NO TRESPASSING.'
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"Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.
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"So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, And no aliens shall ever pass through her again."
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"Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, live in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy forever, and foreign armies will never conquer her again.
Joel.3.18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
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"What a day! Wine streaming off the mountains, Milk rivering out of the hills, water flowing everywhere in Judah, A fountain pouring out of GOD's Sanctuary, watering all the parks and gardens!
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"In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the LORD's house and will water the valley of acacias.
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And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of Acacias.
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In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. Water will fill the dry streambeds of Judah, and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD's Temple, watering the arid valley of acacias.
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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.
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But Egypt will be reduced to weeds in a vacant lot, Edom turned into barren badlands, All because of brutalities to the Judean people, the atrocities and murders of helpless innocents.
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But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
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"Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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Egypt will become a wasteland and Edom a wilderness, because they attacked Judah and killed her innocent people.
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But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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Meanwhile, Judah will be filled with people, Jerusalem inhabited forever.
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Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations.
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But Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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"But Judah will remain forever, and Jerusalem will endure through all future generations.
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For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
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The sins I haven't already forgiven, I'll forgive." GOD has moved into Zion for good.
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Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon." The LORD dwells in Zion!
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For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the LORD dwells in Zion."
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I will pardon my people's crimes, which I have not yet pardoned; and I, the LORD, will make my home in Jerusalem with my people."
