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Proclaim this among the nations:
    “Prepare for war!
    Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let them come up. 10     Beat your plowshares into swords,
    and your pruning hooks into spears.
    Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
11 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
    and gather yourselves together.”
Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
12 “Let the nations arouse themselves,
    and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
    for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Put in the sickle;
    for the harvest is ripe.
    Come, tread, for the wine press is full,
    the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
    For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.
16 Yahweh will roar from Zion,
    and thunder from Jerusalem;
    and the heavens and the earth will shake;
    but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people,
    and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

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Proclaim this among the nations:
    Consecrate a war!
Stir up the mighty men!
    Let all the men of war draw near and rise.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weakling say,
    “I am a warrior!”
11 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
    and gather there.

Bring down Your warriors, O Lord.

12 Let the nations be roused,
    and go up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there I will sit
    to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Swing the sickle,
    for the harvest is ripe.
Come and tread,
    for the winepress is full.
    The wine vats overflow,
because their evil is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of the decision.
15 The sun and moon darken,
    and the stars withdraw their radiance.
16 The Lord roars from Zion,
    and sounds His voice from Jerusalem,
    and heaven and earth quake.
But the Lord is a refuge for His people,
    and a stronghold for the children of Israel.

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