8. I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”
9. Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war;stir up the mighty men.Let all the men of war draw near;let them come up.
10. Beat your plowshares into swords,and your pruning hooks into spears;let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
11. Hasten and come,all you surrounding nations,and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12. Let the nations stir themselves upand come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judgeall the surrounding nations.
13. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full.The vats overflow,for their evil is great.
14. Multitudes, multitudes,in the valley of decision!For the day of the Lord is nearin the valley of decision.
15. The sun and the moon are darkened,and the stars withdraw their shining.
16. The Lord roars from Zion,and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake.But the Lord is a refuge to his people,a stronghold to the people of Israel.