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Announce this among the nations: Prepare yourselves for war. Wake up the warriors. Have all the warriors come near and attack.
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Hammer your plowblades into swords and your pruning shears into spears. Weaklings should say that they are warriors.
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Hurry from every direction, and gather there, all you nations. O LORD, bring your soldiers.
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Wake up, you nations. Come to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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Cut them down like grain. The harvest is ripe. Stomp on them as you would stomp on grapes. The winepress is full. The vats overflow. The nations are very wicked.
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There are many, many people in the valley of decision. The day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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The sun and the moon will turn dark. The stars will no longer shine.
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The LORD will roar from Zion, and his voice will thunder from Jerusalem. The sky and the earth will shake. The LORD will be a refuge for his people. He will be a stronghold for the people of Israel.
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"You will know that I am the LORD your God. I live on my holy mountain, Zion. Jerusalem will be holy. Foreigners will never invade it again.
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On that day new wine will cover the mountains. Milk will flow on the hills. Water will flow in all the brooks of Judah. A spring will flow from the LORD's temple. It will water the valley of Shittim.
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Egypt will become a wasteland. Edom will become a barren desert. This is because the nations were cruel to Judah. They murdered innocent people in their land.