^{7 Ref} Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, And will return your repayment on your own head;

^{8 Ref} And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, And they will sell them to the men of Sheba, To a faraway nation, For Yahweh has spoken it."

^{9 Ref} Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war. Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.

^{10 Ref} Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, "I am strong."

^{11 Ref} Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.

^{12 Ref} "Let the nations arouse themselves, And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

^{13 Ref} Put in the sickle; For the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."

^{14 Ref} Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.

^{15 Ref} The sun and the moon are darkened, And the stars withdraw their shining."

^{16 Ref} Yahweh will roar from Zion, And thunder from Jerusalem; And the heavens and the earth will shake; But Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to the children of Israel.