約珥書3:9-16

3:9 當在萬民中宣告說：要預備打仗；激動勇士，使一切戰士上前來。

3:10 要將犁頭打成刀劍，將鐮刀打成戈矛；軟弱的要說：我有勇力。

3:11 四圍的列國啊，你們要速速地來，一同聚集。耶和華啊，求你使你的大能者降臨。

3:12 萬民都當興起，上到約沙法谷；因為我必坐在那裡，審判四圍的列國。

3:13 開鐮吧！因為莊稼熟了；踐踏吧！因為酒醡滿了。酒池盈溢；他們的罪惡甚大。

3:14 許多許多的人在斷定谷，因為耶和華的日子臨近斷定谷。

3:15 日月昏暗，星宿無光。

3:16 耶和華必從錫安吼叫，從耶路撒冷發聲，天地就震動。耶和華卻要作他百姓的避難所，作以色列人的保障。

9 Proclaim this among the nations:

 Consecrate for war;

stir up the mighty men.

Let all the men of war draw near;

let them come up.

10 Beat your plowshares into swords,

and your pruning hooks into spears;

let the weak say, "I am a warrior."

11 Hasten and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves there.

 Bring down your warriors, O Lord.

12 Let the nations stir themselves up

and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;

 for there I will sit to judge

all the surrounding nations.

13 Put in the sickle,

 for the harvest is ripe.

 Go in, tread,

 for the winepress is full.

The vats overflow,

for their evil is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes,

in the valley of decision!

For the day of the Lord is near

in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and the moon are darkened,

and the stars withdraw their shining.

16 The Lord roars from Zion,

and utters his voice from Jerusalem,

 and the heavens and the earth quake.

But the Lord is a refuge to his people,

a stronghold to the people of Israel.

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    上帝要施行審判臨到萬民時，必定保護祂自己的子民，上帝在一次宣告：「耶和華卻要作他百姓的避難所，作以色列人的保障。」

    而我們屬乎上帝的人，上帝要成為我們的避難所和保障，直到永永遠遠！讓我們歡喜快樂來倚靠祂！