Joel 3:9–16

Yahweh’s Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat

9 Proclaim this among the nations:

⌊Prepare for war⌋!f

Stir up the mighty warriors;

let them approach and come up;

let all the men of war approach.

10 Beat your cutting tools of iron into swords

and your pruning hooks into spears;

let the weakling say, ‘I am a mighty warrior!’

11 Hurry and come,

all the nations, from all around,

and gather yourselves there.

Bring down your mighty warriors, O Yahweh!

12 Let the nations be roused and let them come up

to the valley of Jehoshaphat,

for there I will sit to judge

all the nations from all around.

13 Send forth the sickle,

for the harvest is ripe!

Go tread,

for the winepress is full!

The vats overflow,

because their evil is great!

14 Commotion, commotion

in the valley of decision!

For the day of Yahweh is near

in the valley of decision!

15 The sun and the moon grow dark,

and the stars ⌊have withheld⌋g their splendor.

16 And Yahweh roars from Zion;

from Jerusalem he utters his voice,

and the heavens and the earth shake.

But Yahweh is a refuge for his people,

and a protection for the children of Israel.