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I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Y'hudah; and they will sell them to the men of Sh'va, a nation far off; for ADONAI has spoken.
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"Proclaim this among the nations: 'Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men approach and attack.'
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Hammer your plow-blades into swords and your pruning-knives into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'
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Hurry, come, you surrounding nations, gather yourselves together!" Bring your warriors down, ADONAI!
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"Let the nations be roused and come up to the Valley of Y'hoshafat [ADONAI judges]. For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations."
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Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, and tread, for the winepress is full. The vats are overflowing, for their wickedness is great.
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Such enormous crowds in the Valley of Decision! For the Day of ADONAI is upon us in the Valley of Decision!
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The sun and moon have grown black, and the stars have stopped shining.
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ADONAI will roar from Tziyon, he will thunder from Yerushalayim, the sky and the earth will shake. But ADONAI will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Isra'el.
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"You will know that I am ADONAI your God, living on Tziyon my holy mountain." Then Yerushalayim will be holy, and foreigners will pass through her no more.
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Then, when that time comes, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the streambeds of Y'hudah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of ADONAI to water the Sheetim Valley.