12. Wake up, nations! Come to Jehoshaphat Valley. There I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13. Bring the sickle, because the harvest is ripe. Come, walk on the grapes, because the winepress is full. The barrels will be full and spilling over, because their evil is great.
14. There are many, many people in the Valley of Decision. The Lord’S special day is near in the Valley of Decision.
15. The sun and the moon will become dark. The stars will stop shining.
16. The Lord God will shout from Zion. He will shout from Jerusalem, and the sky and the earth will shake. But the Lord God will be a safe place for his people. He will be a place of safety for the people of Israel.
17. “Then you will know that I am the Lord your God. I live on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will become holy. Strangers will never pass through that city again.
18. “On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine. The hills will flow with milk, and water will flow through all the empty rivers of Judah. A fountain will come from the Lord’S Temple. It will give water to Acacia Valley.
19. Egypt will be empty. Edom will be an empty wilderness, because they were cruel to the people of Judah. They killed innocent people in their country.