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Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.
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Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.
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"Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head.
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I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the Lord has spoken."
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Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
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Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, 'I am strong.' "
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Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
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"Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow-- For their wickedness is great."
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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
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The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness.