The UK voted against military action, but this picture gives us an idea of how true Joel chapter 3 is in our day. The Middle East is the middle of the world's military might.

Military build-up

Joel 3:

“But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them (speaking of Israel), and I will pay you back for everything you have done. I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia, a nation far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Say to the nations far and wide:
    “Get ready for war!
Call out your best warriors.
    Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
Hammer your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks into spears.
    Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.
    Gather together in the valley.”

And now, O Lord, call out your warriors!