1 FOR, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 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.
3 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.
4 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;
5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
6 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.
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 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.
9 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:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
12 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.
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.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 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.
17 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.
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.
19 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.
20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

1For behold, in those dayes and in that time, when I shall bring againe the captiuitie of Iudah and Ierusalem,

2I wil also gather all nations, and will bring them downe into the valley of Iehoshaphat, and wil plead with them there for my people, and for my heritage Israel, whom they haue scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

3And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.

4Yea and what haue ye to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render mee a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I returne your recompense vpon your owne head.

5Because yee haue taken my siluer and my gold, and haue caried into your temples my goodly pleasant things.

6The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue ye sold vnto the Grecians, that yee might remoue them farre from their border.

7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither yee haue sold them, and wil returne your recompence vpon your owne head.

8And I will sell your sonnes and your daughters into the hande of the children of Iudah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people farre off, for the Lord hath spoken it.

9 Proclaime ye this among the gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men, let all the men of warre draw neere, let them come vp.

10Beate your plowe shares into swords, and your pruning hookes into speares, let the weake say, I am strong.

11Assemble your selues, and come all ye heathen, and gather your selues together round about: thither cause thy mightie ones to come downe, O Lord.

12Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.

13Put ye in the sickle, for the haruest is ripe, come, get you downe, for the presse is full, the fats ouerflowe, for the wickednesse is great.

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for þe day of the Lord is neere in the valley of decision.

15The Sunne and the Moone shall be darkened, and the starres shall withdraw their shining.

16The Lord also shal roare out of Zion, and vtter his voice from Ierusalem, and the heauens and the earth shall shake, but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

17So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy Mountaine: then shall Ierusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers passe through her any more.

18 And it shall come to passe in that day, that the mountaines shal drop downe new wine, and the hils shall flow with milke, and all the riuers of Iudah shall flow with waters, and a fountaine shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wildernes, for the violence against the children of Iudah, because they haue shed innocent blood in their land.

20But Iudah shall dwell for euer, and Ierusalem from generation to generation.

21For I wil cleanse their blood, that I haue not cleansed, for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

I == Jer 30:3 ; Ezek 38:14

 

II == 2nd Chr 20:26 ; Isa 66:16 ; Ezek 38:22 ; Joel 3:12 ; Zech 14:24

III == Obad 1:11 ; Nah 3:10

 

IV == Ezek 25:15-17

 

 

 

 

V == Dan 11:38

 

 

 

 

VII == Isa 43:5-6 ; 49:12

 

VIII == Jer 6:20 Ezek 23:42

 

 

IX == Ezek 38:7

 

 

X == Isa 2:4 ; Zech 12:8

XI == Ps 103:20

 

 

XII == Ps 96:13 ; 98:9 ; 110:6 ; Isa 2:4 ; 3:13 ; Joel 3:2 ; Mic 4:3

 

XIII == Matt 13:39 ; Rev 14:15 , 18-20

 

 

 

 

 

XVI == Isa 51:5-6 ; Jer 25:30 ; Amos 1:2 ; Hag 2:6

 

 

XVII == Rev 21:27

 

XVIII == Ezek 47:1 ; Zech 14:8 ; Rev 22:1

 

 

 

 

XIX == Jer 49:17

 

 

 

XX == Amos 9:15

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Then afterward I will pour out my spirit upon all mankind. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions;

2 Even upon the servants and the handmaids, in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

3 And I will work wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and columns of smoke;

4 The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, At the coming of the Day of the LORD, the great and terrible day.

5 Then everyone shall be rescued who calls on the name of the LORD; For on Mount Zion there shall be a remnant, as the LORD has said, And in Jerusalem survivors whom the LORD shall call.

v 1,2. This speaks of the regathering of Israel and the gathering of nations for judgment at the Valley of Jehoshaphat. This is the same as the Kidron valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives where Jehoshaphat had victory over enemies. However it may refer to any valley where nations will be gathered for destruction. It is called valley of decision,

 

v 3- These nations had taken boys and girls for prostitution. God speaks directly of the Tyre, Sidon area who had made profit from Israel’s troubles and engaged in trading them as slaves, Ezek. 27:13, too far from home for them to escape. That might have been about the time Babylon took Jerusalem.