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because ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly, pleasant things.
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The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
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Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head.
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And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off; for the LORD hath spoken it."
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Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles: Prepare war! Wake up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
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Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am strong."
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Assemble yourselves and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about; thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
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"Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
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Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, get you down; for the 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 shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.