9  Proclaim this among the nations:

Consecrate for war;¹

stir up the mighty men.

Let all the men of war draw near;

let them come up.

10  Beat your ^wplowshares 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 up

and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;

for there I will sit to judge

all the surrounding nations.

13  Put in the sickle,

for the ^xharvest is ripe.

Go in, tread,

for the ^ywinepress is full.

The vats overflow,

for their evil is great.

14  Multitudes, multitudes,

in the valley of decision!

For the ^zday of the Lord is near

in the valley of decision.

15  ^aThe sun and the moon are darkened,

and the stars withdraw their shining.

16  ^bThe Lord roars from Zion,

and utters his voice from Jerusalem,

and ^cthe heavens and the earth quake.

But the Lord is a ^drefuge to his people,

a stronghold to the people of Israel.