7. “But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.
8. I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia, a nation far away. I, the lord, have spoken!”
9. Say to the nations far and wide:“Get ready for war!Call out your best warriors.Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
10. Hammer your plowshares into swordsand your pruning hooks into spears.Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
11. Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.Gather together in the valley.”And now, O lord, call out your warriors!
12. “Let the nations be called to arms.Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.There I, the lord, will sitto pronounce judgment on them all.
13. Swing the sickle,for the harvest is ripe.Come, tread the grapes,for the winepress is full.The storage vats are overflowingwith the wickedness of these people.”
14. Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.There the day of the lord will soon arrive.
15. The sun and moon will grow dark,and the stars will no longer shine.
16. The lord’s voice will roar from Zionand thunder from Jerusalem,and the heavens and the earth will shake.But the lord will be a refuge for his people,a strong fortress for the people of Israel.
17. “Then you will know that I, the lord your God,live in Zion, my holy mountain.Jerusalem will be holy forever,and foreign armies will never conquer her again.
18. In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,and the hills will flow with milk.Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,and a fountain will burst forth from the lord’s Temple,watering the arid valley of acacias.
19. But Egypt will become a wastelandand Edom will become a wilderness,because they attacked the people of Judahand killed innocent people in their land.