3:8 I will sell your sons and daughters to 1 the people of Judah. 2
They will sell them to the Sabeans, 3 a nation far away.
Indeed, the Lord has spoken!
3:9 Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for a holy war!
Call out the warriors!
Let all these fighting men approach and attack! 4
3:10 Beat your plowshares 5 into swords,
and your pruning hooks 6 into spears! 7
Let the weak say, ‘I too am a warrior!’ 8
3:11 Lend your aid 9 and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves 10 to that place.”
Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! 11
3:12 Let the nations be roused and let them go up
to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.
3:13 Rush forth with 12 the sickle, for the harvest is ripe!
Come, stomp the grapes, 13 for the winepress is full!
The vats overflow.
Indeed, their evil is great! 14
3:14 Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,
for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision! 15
3:15 The sun and moon are darkened;
the stars withhold 16 their brightness.
3:16 The Lord roars from Zion;
from Jerusalem 17 his voice bellows out. 18
The heavens 19 and the earth shake.
But the Lord is a refuge for his people;
he is a stronghold for the citizens 20 of Israel.