Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat

3:9 Proclaim this among the nations:

“Prepare for a holy war!

Call out the warriors!

Let all these fighting men approach and attack!19

3:10 Beat your plowshares20 into swords,

and your pruning hooks21 into spears!22

Let the weak say, ‘I too am a warrior!’23

3:11 Lend your aid24 and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves25 to that place.”

Bring down, O Lord, your warriors!26

3:12 Let the nations be roused and let them go up

to the valley of Jehoshaphat,

for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.

3:13 Rush forth with27 the sickle, for the harvest is ripe!

Come, stomp the grapes,28 for the winepress is full!

The vats overflow.

Indeed, their evil is great!29

3:14 Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,

for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision!30

3:15 The sun and moon are darkened;

the stars withhold31 their brightness.

3:16 The Lord roars from Zion;

from Jerusalem32 his voice bellows out.33

The heavens34 and the earth shake.

But the Lord is a refuge for his people;

he is a stronghold for the citizens35 of Israel.