^{1 Ref} For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back `to' the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

^{2 Ref} Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance -- Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.

^{3 Ref} And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

^{4 Ref} And also, what `are' ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

^{5 Ref} In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

^{6 Ref} And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

^{7 Ref} Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,

^{8 Ref} And have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken.

^{9 Ref} Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.

^{10 Ref} Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I `am' mighty.'

^{11 Ref} Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.