Thursday, December 02, 2010

Prepare

9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
    10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong [a warrior]!(C)
    11Hasten and come, all you nations round about, and assemble yourselves; there You, O Lord, will bring down Your mighty ones (Your warriors).
    12Let the nations bestir themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
    13Put in the sickle, for the [vintage] harvest is ripe; come, get down and tread the grapes, for the winepress is full; the vats overflow, for the wickedness [of the peoples] is great.(D)
    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.(E)
    15The sun and the moon are darkened and the stars withdraw their shining.
    16The Lord will thunder and roar from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord will be a refuge for His people and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

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