...my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles ; prepare war,...let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones...

...nations is further treated of in the same chapter. After a few intervening verses, we have these words. " Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles ; prepare war,...pruninghooks into spears : let the weak say, I am strong." In such a strain of solemn irony, does God challenge his adversaries to the hattle. He calls on them...

...the following passage, the implements of agriculture and of war are used in the opposite order : " Prepare war ; wake up the mighty men ; let all the...ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears " (Joel iii. 9, 10). In the following passage day is used by the figure : " These are the generations...

...explained. The prophet further enlarges on this subject in the following part of this chapter: " Proclaim me this among the Gentiles ; prepare war, wake up the...men of war draw near, let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears ; let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble...

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...lightnings." We have come down to " the valley of decision," and the proclamation has gone forth. " Prepare war ; wake up the mighty men ; let all the men of war draw near." The master spirits of the age have gone forth from land to land, with burning eloquence, and unprecedented...

...where the peaceful state of Israel is remarkably contrasted with the unprovoked assault of their enemy, "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles. Prepare war — wake up the mighty men — let the men of war draw near." But where are they ? Where are their weapons? They are engaged in their...

...the following passage, the implements of agriculture and of war are used in the opposite order : " Prepare war ; wake up the mighty men ; let all the...ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears " (Joel iii. 9, 10). In the following passage day is used by the figure : " These are the generations...

...said so much, gathers against Jerusalem. The first testimony we shall introduce is Joel 3d chapter. "Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war,...let all the men of war draw near ; let them come up. Let the heathen be wakened, and come np to the valley of Jchosaphat: for there I will sit to judge...