Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; rouse the warriors; let all the men of war advance and attack!
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Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say: I am a warrior.
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Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”
11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. Bring down Your warriors there, Lord.
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Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, LORD!
12 Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations.
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“Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. Come and trample [the grapes] because the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is great.
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Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow— so great is their wickedness!”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
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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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