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Joel 3

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Joel 3 . 1

1 "Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:1

Joel 3 . 2

2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:2

Joel 3 . 3

3 They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.TOSKJoel 3:3

Joel 3 . 4

4 Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.IPLuke 10:13-14CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:4

Joel 3 . 5

5 For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.IPJoel 2:32TOSKJoel 3:5

Joel 3 . 6

6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:6

Joel 3 . 7

7 Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:7

Joel 3 . 8

8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation." Indeed, the LORD has spoken.TOSKJoel 3:8

Joel 3 . 9

9 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:9

Joel 3 . 10

10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong!'IPIsaiah 2:4 Micah 4:3TOSKJoel 3:10TTDivine Warrior (God Who Fights) Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary) Last Days Eschatology New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)

Joel 3 . 11

11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.TOSKJoel 3:11

Joel 3 . 12

12 Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:12

Joel 3 . 13

13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.TOSKJoel 3:13

Joel 3 . 14

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:14

Joel 3 . 15

15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:15

Joel 3 . 16

16 The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.IPAmos 1:2 Obadiah 17 Jeremiah 25:30CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:16TTDivine Warrior (God Who Fights)

Joel 3 . 17

17 Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.IPAmos 1:2 Obadiah 17CJoel 2:27-3:17 Joel 2:27-3:21TOSKJoel 3:17

Joel 3 . 18

18 And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.IPEzekiel 47:1-12TOSKJoel 3:18

Joel 3 . 19

19 Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.IPLuke 23:47-49TOSKJoel 3:19