9-11. Announce this to the godless nations:Prepare for battle!Soldiers at attention!Present arms! Advance!Turn your shovels into swords,turn your hoes into spears.Let the weak one throw out his chestand say, “I’m tough, I’m a fighter.”Hurry up, pagans! Wherever you are, get a move on!Get your act together.Prepare to beshattered by God!
12. Let the pagan nations set outfor Judgment Valley.There I’ll take my place at the benchand judge all the surrounding nations.
13. “Swing the sickle—the harvest is ready.Stomp on the grapes—the winepress is full.The wine vats are full,overflowing with vintage evil.
14. “Mass confusion, mob uproar—in Decision Valley!God’s Judgment Day has arrivedin Decision Valley.
15-17. “The sky turns black,sun and moon go dark, stars burn out.God roars from Zion, shouts from Jerusalem.Earth and sky quake in terror.But God is a safe hiding place,a granite safe house for the children of Israel.Then you’ll know for surethat I’m your God,Living in Zion,my sacred mountain.Jerusalem will be a sacred city,posted: ‘no trespassing.’
18-21. “What a day!Wine streaming off the mountains,Milk rivering out of the hills,water flowing everywhere in Judah,A fountain pouring out of God’s Sanctuary,watering all the parks and gardens!But Egypt will be reduced to weeds in a vacant lot,Edom turned into barren badlands,All because of brutalities to the Judean people,the atrocities and murders of helpless innocents.Meanwhile, Judah will be filled with people,Jerusalem inhabited forever.The sins I haven’t already forgiven, I’ll forgive.”God has moved into Zion for good.