9. Announce this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the strong men! Let all the men of war come near. Let them come up!
10. Beat your plows into swords. Make spears from your pruning hooks. Let the weak man say, “I am a strong soldier.”
11. All you nations, hurry! Come together in that place. Lord, bring your strong soldiers.
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.