Isa 7:1-2, 54:15, Jer 46:9-11, Eze 38:9-23, Joe 3:9-14, Mic 4:11-13 | ESV | STEP | In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham , son of Uzziah , king of Judah , Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.

1 In the days of ^aAhaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, ^bRezin the king of Syria and ^cPekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it. 2 When the house of David was told, ^d“Syria is in league with ^{▼▼Hebrew Syria has rested upon} ^fEphraim,” the heart of Ahaz ^{▼▼Hebrew his heart} and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

Isaiah 54:15

15 ^hIf anyone stirs up strife,
it is not from me;
whoever stirs up strife with you
shall fall because of you.

Jeremiah 46:9-11

9 ⁱAdvance, O horses,
and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
men of Cush and ^jPut who handle the shield,
^kmen of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
10 ^lThat day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
^ma day of vengeance,
ⁿto avenge himself on his foes.
^oThe sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds ^pa sacrifice
^qin the north country ^rby the river Euphrates.
11 ^sGo up to Gilead, and take ^tbalm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
^uthere is no healing for you.

Ezekiel 38:9-23

9 You will advance, coming on ^vlike a storm. You will be ^wlike a cloud covering the land, you and all your ^xhordes, and many peoples with you.

10 “Thus says the Lord God: On that day, ^ythoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme 11 and say, ‘I will go up against ^zthe land of unwalled villages. I will fall upon ^aathe quiet people who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having no bars or gates,’ 12 to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against ^abthe waste places that are now inhabited, and ^acthe people who were gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and goods, ^adwho dwell at the center of the earth. 13 ^aeSheba and ^afDedan and the merchants of Tarshish and all ^agits leaders ^{▼▼Hebrew young lions} will say to you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hosts to carry off plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to seize great spoil?’

14 “Therefore, ^aison of man, prophesy, and say to ^ajGog, Thus says the Lord God: On that day when my people Israel are ^akdwelling securely, ^alwill you not know it? 15 You will come from your place out of ^amthe uttermost parts of the north, you and ^anmany peoples with you, ^aoall of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. 16 You will come up against my people Israel, ^aplike a cloud covering the land. ^aqIn the latter days I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when through you, O Gog, ^arI vindicate my holiness before their eyes.

17 “Thus says the Lord God: Are you ^ashe of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who in those days prophesied for years that I would bring you against them? 18 But on that day, the day that Gog shall come against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, ^atmy wrath will be roused in my anger. 19 For ^auin my jealousy and in my blazing wrath I declare, On that day ^avthere shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 ^awThe fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the people who are on the face of the earth, ^axshall quake at my presence. And ^aythe mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground. 21 ^azI will summon a sword against Gog ^{▼▼Hebrew against him} on all my mountains, declares the Lord God. ^bbEvery man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 With pestilence and bloodshed ^bcI will enter into judgment with him, and ^bdI will rain upon him and ^behis hordes and the many peoples who are with him ^bftorrential rains and hailstones, ^bgfire and sulfur. 23 So I will show my greatness and my ^bhholiness and ^bimake myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then ^bjthey will know that I am the Lord.

Joel 3:9-14

9 Proclaim this among the nations:
^bkConsecrate for war; ^{▼▼Or Consecrate a war}
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 ^bmBeat your plowshares into swords,
and ^bnyour pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
11 ^boHasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
^bpBring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to ^bqthe Valley of Jehoshaphat;
^brfor there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.
13 ^bsPut in the sickle,
^btfor the harvest is ripe.
^buGo in, tread,
^bvfor the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For ^bwthe day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.

Micah 4:11-13

11 Now ^bxmany nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be defiled,
and ^bylet our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
12 But ^bzthey do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,
that ^cahe has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 Arise and thresh,
O daughter of Zion,
for I will make your horn iron,
and I will make your hoofs bronze;
you shall beat in pieces many peoples;
and ^cbshall devote ^{▼▼Hebrew devote to destruction} ^cdtheir gain to the Lord,
their wealth to ^cethe Lord of the whole earth.