Majority Standard BibleBerean Standard Bible

1. The LORD Judges the Nations

2. 1MSB“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,BSBBSB: “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
3. 2MSBI will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.BSBBSB: I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
4. 3MSBThey cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.BSBBSB: They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
5. 4MSBNow what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.BSBBSB: Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
6. 5MSBFor you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.BSBBSB: For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
7. 6MSBYou sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.BSBBSB: You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
8. 7MSBBehold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.BSBBSB: Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
9. 8MSBI will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.BSBBSB: I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
10. 9MSBProclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!BSBBSB: Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
11. 10MSBBeat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’BSBBSB: Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
12. 11MSBCome quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.BSBBSB: Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
13. 12MSBLet the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.BSBBSB: Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
14. 13MSBSwing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.BSBBSB: Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
15. 14MSBMultitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.BSBBSB: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
16. 15MSBThe sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.BSBBSB: The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
17. 16MSBThe LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.BSBBSB: The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

18. Blessings for God’s People

19. 17MSBThen you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.BSBBSB: Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
20. 18MSBAnd in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.BSBBSB: And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
21. 19MSBEgypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.BSBBSB: Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
22. 20MSBBut Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.BSBBSB: But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
23. 21MSBFor I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.BSBBSB: For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.