Bible verse
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Joel 3:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Joel 3.
5 For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
7 Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
KJV
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
ASV
Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
ERV
Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war: stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
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