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.
¹⁷ And you will know that I, Yahweh your God,
    am dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem will be a place of holiness,
    and strangers will pass through it no longer.
¹⁸ And it will happen on that day;
the mountains will drip new wine,
    and the hills will flow with milk,
    and all the channels of Judah will flow with water.
A spring from the house of Yahweh will come forth,
    and it will water the valley of Acacia Trees.^[h]
19 Egypt will become a desolation,
    and Edom will become a desolate desert,^[i]
because of the violence they did against the children of Judah,
    in whose land they have shed innocent blood.
²⁰ But Judah will be inhabited forever,
    and Jerusalem for all generations.^[j]
21 I will cleanse their bloodguilt^[k] that I did not cleanse,^[l]
    for Yahweh is dwelling in Zion.