13. Swing the sickle,for the harvest is ripe.Come, trample the grapes,for the winepress is fulland the vats overflow –so great is their wickedness!’
14. Multitudes, multitudesin the valley of decision!For the day of the Lord is nearin the valley of decision.
15. The sun and moon will be darkened,and the stars no longer shine.
16. The Lord will roar from Zionand thunder from Jerusalem;the earth and the heavens will tremble.But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17. ‘Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,dwell in Zion, my holy hill.Jerusalem will be holy;never again will foreigners invade her.
18. ‘In that day the mountains will drip new wine,and the hills will flow with milk;all the ravines of Judah will run with water.A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s houseand will water the valley of acacias.
19. But Egypt will be desolate,Edom a desert waste,because of violence done to the people of Judah,in whose land they shed innocent blood.