Joel 3:9-16

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁹ Announce this among the nations:
Prepare yourselves for war.
Wake up the warriors.
Have all the warriors come near and attack.
¹⁰ Hammer your plowblades into swords
and your pruning shears into spears.
Weaklings should say that they are warriors.

¹¹ Hurry from every direction, and gather there, all you nations.
O Lord, bring your soldiers.
¹² Wake up, you nations.
Come to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

¹³ Cut them down like grain.
The harvest is ripe.
Stomp on them as you would stomp on grapes.
The winepress is full.
The vats overflow.
The nations are very wicked.
¹⁴ There are many, many people in the valley of decision.
The day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
¹⁵ The sun and the moon will turn dark.
The stars will no longer shine.
¹⁶ The Lord will roar from Zion,
and his voice will thunder from Jerusalem.
The sky and the earth will shake.
The Lord will be a refuge for his people.
He will be a stronghold for the people of Israel.