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13 Cut them down like grain
    because the harvest is ripe with sin.
Come, walk on them as you would walk on grapes,
because the winepress is full.
    The barrels are full of their sins and spilling over.
These people are so evil!”

14 There are many people
    in the Valley of Decision.[a]
The Lord’s day of judging is near
    in the Valley of Decision.
15 The sun and the moon will become dark.
    The stars will stop shining.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Valley of Decision This is like the name “the Valley Where the Lord Judges” in 3:2 and 3:12.

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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