Leeser(i)
2 (4:2) Then will I assemble all the nations, and I will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will hold judgment with them there because of my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and for my land which they have divided out.
3 (4:3) And for my people did they cast lots; and gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and drank it.
4 (4:4) And also ye, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all ye districts of Philistia? is this the recompense which ye repay me? or do ye only commence to render me evil?—swiftly and speedily will I bring back your recompense upon your own head;
5 (4:5) Because my silver and my gold have ye taken, and the handsomest of my precious things have ye carried into your temples;
6 (4:6) And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Jevanim, in order to remove them far from their borders.
7 (4:7) Behold, I will awaken them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will bring back your recompense upon your own head;
8 (4:8) And I will deliver your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off; for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 (4:9) Proclaim ye this among the nations, Prepare war, wake up the mighty men; let them draw near; let them come up—all the men of war.
10 (4:10) Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: let the weak say, I am a hero.
11 (4:11) Assemble hastily together, and come, all ye nations from every side, and gather yourselves together: there doth the Lord strike down thy mighty ones.
12 (4:12) Let the nations awake, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations from every side.
13 (4:13) Put forth the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread down the grapes; for the press is full; the vats overflow; for great is their wickedness.
14 (4:14) Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision; for near is the day of the Lord in the valley of decision.
15 (4:15) Sun and moon are obscured, and stars withdraw their brightness.