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You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border.
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But now I will rouse them to leave the places to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads.
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I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away; for the Lord has spoken.
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Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the warriors. Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up.
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Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, "I am a warrior."
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Come quickly, all you nations all around, gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
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Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the neighboring nations.
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Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
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Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
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The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
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The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.