9  Proclaim this among the nations:

^sConsecrate for war;¹

stir up the mighty men.

Let all the men of war draw near;

let them come up.

10  ^tBeat your plowshares into swords,

and ^tyour pruning hooks into spears;

let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

11  ^uHasten and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves there.

^vBring down your warriors, O Lord.

12  Let the nations stir themselves up

and come up to ^wthe Valley of Jehoshaphat;

^xfor there I will sit to judge

all the surrounding nations.

13  ^yPut in the sickle,

^zfor the harvest is ripe.

^aGo in, tread,

^afor the winepress is full.

The vats overflow,

for their evil is great.

14  Multitudes, multitudes,

in the valley of decision!

For ^bthe day of the Lord is near

in the valley of decision.

15  ^cThe sun and the moon are darkened,

and the stars withdraw their shining.

16  ^dThe Lord roars from Zion,

and ^dutters his voice from Jerusalem,

^eand the heavens and the earth quake.

But the Lord is ^fa refuge to his people,

a stronghold to the people of Israel.