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10 Beat your plow blades into swords,
    and your pruning knives into spears!
        Let the frail say, “I am strong!”
11 Hurry and come, all you gentiles!
    Gather yourselves together!’”
        Lord, cause your mighty army[a] to come down.

12 “Let the nations be awakened
    and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
        because I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:11 Lit. mighty ones

10 Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks(A) into spears.(B)
Let the weakling(C) say,
    “I am strong!”(D)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble(E) there.

Bring down your warriors,(F) Lord!

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(G)
for there I will sit
    to judge(H) all the nations on every side.

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