⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(A)
Rouse the warriors!^(B)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(C) into spears.^(D)
Let the weakling^(E) say,
    “I am strong!”^(F)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble^(G) there.

Bring down your warriors,^(H) Lord!

¹² “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,^(I)
for there I will sit
    to judge^(J) all the nations on every side.
¹³ Swing the sickle,^(K)
    for the harvest^(L) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,^(M)
    for the winepress^(N) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

¹⁴ Multitudes,^(O) multitudes
    in the valley^(P) of decision!
For the day of the Lord^(Q) is near
    in the valley of decision.^(R)
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.^(S)
16 The Lord will roar^(T) from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;^(U)
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.^(V)
But the Lord will be a refuge^(W) for his people,
    a stronghold^(X) for the people of Israel.

¹⁸ “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,^(AE)
    and the hills will flow with milk;^(AF)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.^(AG)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house^(AH)
    and will water the valley of acacias.^[a](AI)
19 But Egypt^(AJ) will be desolate,
    Edom^(AK) a desert waste,
because of violence^(AL) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.
²⁰ Judah will be inhabited forever^(AM)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
²¹ Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?^(AN)
    No, I will not.^(AO)”