⁷ Be prepared. Yes, prepare yourself—you and all of your many battalions that have gathered together around you to protect you.

⁸ “‘“Many days from now—in the latter years—you will be summoned to a land that has been restored from violence.^[a] You will be gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which formerly had been a continuous waste, but which will be populated with people who have been brought back from the nations. All of them will be living there securely. ⁹ You’ll arise suddenly, like a tornado, coming like a windstorm^[b] to cover the land, you and all your soldiers with you, along with many nations.”’”