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Joel 3


Joel 3 - 1

(“) Yes , ... in those days and at that time , when I restore - Judah and Jerusalem from captivity ,

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 3

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

Joel 3 - 4

Now what do you have 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.

Joel 3 - 5

For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

Joel 3 - 6

You sold ... the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks ... , to send them far from their homeland.

Joel 3 - 7

Behold , I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them ... ; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 9

Proclaim this among the nations : “ Prepare for war ; rouse the mighty men ; let all the men of war advance and attack !

Joel 3 - 10

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say , ‘ I (am) strong ! ’

Joel 3 - 11

Come quickly , all {you} surrounding nations , and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones - , O LORD.

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 14

Multitudes , multitudes in the valley of decision ! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Joel 3 - 15

The sun and moon will grow dark , and the stars {will} no longer shine.

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 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

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 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.

Joel 3 - 20

But Judah will be inhabited forever ... , and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

Joel 3 - 21

For I will avenge their blood , which I have not yet avenged. ” For the LORD dwells in Zion.