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| 3:1 | "For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, |
כִּי הִנֵּה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵמָּה וּבָעֵת הַהִיא אֲשֶׁר [כ= אָשׁוּב] [ק= אָשִׁיב] אֶת־שְׁבוּת יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ | God will judge the nations. Jl.3.1-15 |
| 2 | I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehosh'aphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there, on account of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations, and have divided up my land, |
וְקִבַּצְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־הַגֹּויִם וְהֹורַדְתִּים אֶל־עֵמֶק יְהֹושָׁפָט וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי עִםָּם שָׁם עַל־עַמִּי וְנַחֲלָתִי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר פִּזְּרוּ בַגֹּויִם וְאֶת־אַרְצִי חִלֵּקוּ׃ | |
| 3 | and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it. |
וְאֶל־עַמִּי יַדּוּ גֹורָל וַיִּתְּנוּ הַיֶּלֶד בַּזֹּונָה וְהַיַּלְדָּה מָכְרוּ בַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁתּוּ׃ | |
| 4 | "What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will requite your deed upon your own head swiftly and speedily. |
וְגַם מָה־אַתֶּם לִי צֹר וְצִידֹון וְכֹל גְּלִילֹות פְּלָשֶׁת הַגְּמוּל אַתֶּם מְשַׁלְּמִים עָלָי וְאִם־גֹּמְלִים אַתֶּם עָלַי קַל מְהֵרָה אָשִׁיב גְּמֻלְכֶם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶם׃ | |
| 5 | Fore you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my riches into your temples. |
אֲשֶׁר־כַּסְפִּי וּזְהָבִי לְקַחְתֶּם וּמַחֲמַדַּי הַטֹּבִים הֲבֵאתֶם לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶם׃ | |
| 6 | You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border. |
וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם מְכַרְתֶּם לִבְנֵי הַיְּוָנִים לְמַעַן הַרְחִיקָם מֵעַל גְּבוּלָם׃ | |
| 7 | but now I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will require your deed upon your own head. |
הִנְנִי מְעִירָם מִן־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־מְכַרְתֶּם אֹתָם שָׁמָּה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִי גְמֻלְכֶם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶם׃ | |
| 8 | I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabe'ans, to a nation far off; for the LORD has spoken." |
וּמָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֹותֵיכֶם בְּיַד בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּמְכָרוּם לִשְׁבָאיִם אֶל־גֹּוי רָחֹוק כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר׃ ס | |
| 9 | Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare war,
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near,
let them come up.
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קִרְאוּ־זֹאת בַּגֹּויִם קַדְּשׁוּ מִלְחָמָה הָעִירוּ הַגִּבֹּורִים יִגְּשׁוּ יַעֲלוּ כֹּל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה׃ | |
| 10 | Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, "I am a warrior."
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כֹּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבֹות וּמַזְמְרֹתֵיכֶם לִרְמָחִים הַחַלָּשׁ יֹאמַר גִּבֹּור אָנִי׃ | |
| 11 | Hasten and come,
all the nations round about,
gather themselves there.
Bring down thy warriors, O LORD.
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עוּשׁוּ וָבֹאוּ כָל־הַגֹּויִם מִסָּבִיב וְנִקְבָּצוּ שָׁמָּה הַנְחַת יְהוָה גִּבֹּורֶיךָ׃ | |
| 12 | Let the nations bestir themselves,
and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat;
for there I will sit to judge
all the nations round about.
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יֵעֹורוּ וְיַעֲלוּ הַגֹּויִם אֶל־עֵמֶק יְהֹושָׁפָט כִּי שָׁם אֵשֵׁב לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת־כָּל־הַגֹּויִם מִסָּבִיב׃ | |
| 13 | Put in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
Go in, tread,
for the wine press is full.
the vats overflow,
for their wickedness is great.
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שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל כִּי בָשַׁל קָצִיר בֹּאוּ רְדוּ כִּי־מָלְאָה גַּת הֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים כִּי רַבָּה רָעָתָם׃ | |
| 14 | Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare war, stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near,
let them come up.
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הֲמֹונִים הֲמֹונִים בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ כִּי קָרֹוב יֹום יְהוָה בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ׃ | |
| 15 | Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say,
"I am a warrior."
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שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ קָדָרוּ וְכֹוכָבִים אָסְפוּ נָגְהָם׃ | |
| 16 | And the LORD roars from Zion,
and utters his voice from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth shake.
But the LORD is a refuge to his people,
a stronghold to the people of Israel.
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וַיהוָה מִצִּיֹּון יִשְׁאָג וּמִירוּשָׁלִַם יִתֵּן קֹולֹו וְרָעֲשׁוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ וַיהוָה מַחֲסֶה לְעַמֹּו וּמָעֹוז לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ | God will bless his people. Jl.3.16-21 |
| 17 | "So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
who dwell in Zion, my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy
and strangers shall never again pass through it.
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וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שֹׁכֵן בְּצִיֹּון הַר־קָדְשִׁי וְהָיְתָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם קֹדֶשׁ וְזָרִים לֹא־יַעַבְרוּ־בָהּ עֹוד׃ ס | |
| 18 | "And in that day
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and all the stream beds of Judah
shall flow with water;
and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD
and water the valley of Shittim.
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וְהָיָה בַיֹּום הַהוּא יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס וְהַגְּבָעֹות תֵּלַכְנָה חָלָב וְכָל־אֲפִיקֵי יְהוּדָה יֵלְכוּ מָיִם וּמַעְיָן מִבֵּית יְהוָה יֵצֵא וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת־נַחַל הַשִּׁטִּים׃ | |
| 19 | "Egypt shall become a desolation
and Edom a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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מִצְרַיִם לִשְׁמָמָה תִהְיֶה וֶאֱדֹום לְמִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה תִּהְיֶה מֵחֲמַס בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפְכוּ דָם־נָקִיא בְּאַרְצָם׃ | |
| 20 | But Judah shall be inhabited for ever,
and Jerusalem to all generations.
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וִיהוּדָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב וִירוּשָׁלִַם לְדֹור וָדֹור׃ | |
| 21 | I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty,
for the LORD dwell in Zion." |
וְנִקֵּיתִי דָּםָם לֹא־נִקֵּיתִי וַיהוָה שֹׁכֵן בְּצִיֹּון׃ | |
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