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Let the nations prepare themselves, and come up to the Jehoshaphat Valley; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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Cut with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go and crush grapes, for the winepress is full. The jars overflow with wine, for their wickedness is great.
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Crowd after crowd fills the valley of judgment, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of judgment.
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The sun and the moon are darkened; the stars have ceased shining.
Salvation for God’s people
16 The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people, a shelter for the people of Israel.
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So you will know that I am the LORD your God, settle down in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, and never again will strangers pass through it.
18
In that day the mountains will drip sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah will flow with water; a spring will come forth from the LORD's house and water the Shittim Valley.
19
Egypt will become desolate and Edom a desolate wilderness. This is because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood
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. But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.
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I will forgive their bloodguilt, which I had not forgiven. I will act on their account; I will not pardon the guilty. The LORD dwells in Zion.