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12 “Wake up, nations,
    and come to attack in the Valley Where the Lord Judges.
There I will sit to judge
    all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the cutting tool,
    because the harvest is ripe.
Come, walk on them as you would walk on grapes to get their juice,
    because the winepress is full
    and the barrels are spilling over,
because these people are so evil!”

14 There are huge numbers of people
    in the Valley of Decision,[a]
because the Lord’s day of judging is near
    in the Valley of Decision.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Valley of Decision This is like the name “Valley Where the Lord Judges” in 3:2 and 3:12.

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(A)
for there I will sit
    to judge(B) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(C)
    for the harvest(D) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(E)
    for the winepress(F) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

14 Multitudes,(G) multitudes
    in the valley(H) of decision!
For the day of the Lord(I) is near
    in the valley of decision.(J)

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