3:1 At that time I, the Lord, will make Judah and Jerusalem prosperous again.
3:2 Then in Judgment Valley I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land
3:3 and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.
3:4 You people of Tyre and Sidon and you Philistines, why are you doing this? Are you trying to get even with me? I'll strike back before you know what's happened.
3:5 You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.
3:6 You have dragged the people of Judah and Jerusalem from their land and sold them to the Greeks.
3:7 But I'll make the people of Judah determined to come home, and what happened to them will happen to you.
3:8 I'll hand over your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, who live far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!
3:9 Say to the nations: “Get ready for war! Be eager to fight. Line up for battle and prepare to attack.
3:10 Make swords out of plows and spears out of garden tools. Strengthen every weakling.”
3:11 Hurry, all you nations! Come quickly. Ask the Lord to bring his warriors along.
3:12 You must come now to Judgment Valley, where the Lord will judge the surrounding nations.
3:13 They are a field of ripe crops. Bring in the harvest! They are grapes piled high. Start trampling them now! If our enemy's sins were wine, every jar would overflow.
3:14 Crowds fill Decision Valley. The judgment day of the Lord will soon be here—
3:15 no light from the sun or moon, and stars no longer shine.
3:16 From the heart of Jerusalem the Lord roars like a lion, shaking the earth and sky. But the Lord is a fortress, a place of safety for his people Israel.
3:17 I am the Lord your God. And you will know I live on Zion, my sacred hill, because Jerusalem will be sacred, untouched by foreign troops.
3:18 On that day, fruitful vineyards will cover the mountains. And your cattle and goats that graze on the hills will produce a lot of milk. Streams in Judah will never run dry; a stream from my house will flow in Acacia Valley.
3:19 Egypt and Edom were cruel and brutal to Judah, without a reason. Now their countries will become a barren desert,
3:20 but Judah and Jerusalem will always have people.
3:21 I, the Lord, live on Mount Zion. I will punish the guilty and defend the innocent.
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