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13 (A) They are a field of ripe crops.
    Bring in the harvest!
They are grapes piled high.
    Start trampling them now![a]
If our enemy's sins were wine,
    every jar would overflow.
14 Crowds fill Decision Valley.
The judgment day of the Lord
    will soon be here—
15 no light from the sun or moon,
    and stars no longer shine.

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Footnotes

  1. 3.13 grapes … now: People trampled grapes with their bare feet to squeeze out the juice.

13 Swing the sickle,(A)
    for the harvest(B) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(C)
    for the winepress(D) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

14 Multitudes,(E) multitudes
    in the valley(F) of decision!
For the day of the Lord(G) is near
    in the valley of decision.(H)
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.(I)

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