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Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather in the valley.' " Send down, O Lord, your army to attack them!
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"The nations must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There I, the Lord, will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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They are very wicked;
1 cut them down like grain at harvest time; crush them as grapes are crushed in a full wine press until the wine runs over."
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Thousands and thousands are in the Valley of Judgment. It is there that the day of the Lord will soon come.
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The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.
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The Lord roars from Mount Zion;
2 his voice thunders from Jerusalem; earth and sky tremble. But he will defend his people.
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"Then, Israel, you will know that I am the Lord your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred city; foreigners will never conquer it again.
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At that time the mountains will be covered with vineyards, and cattle will be found on every hill; there will be plenty of water for all of Judah. A stream will flow from the Temple of the Lord, and it will water Acacia Valley.
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"Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people.
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I will avenge those who were killed; I will not spare the guilty. But Judah and Jerusalem will be inhabited forever, and I, the Lord, will live on Mount Zion."