Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 3

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Joel 3 . 1 , God’s judgments against the enemies of his people; Joel 3 . 9 , God will be known in his judgment; Joel 3 . 18 , His blessing upon the church.

Joel 3:1

"Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

Joel 3:1 · BSB

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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 3:2 · BSB

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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 3:3 · BSB

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Joel 3:4

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.

Joel 3:4 · BSB

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O Tyre3 parallels

will ye1 parallel

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Joel 3:5

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

Joel 3:5 · BSB

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Heb. desirable

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Joel 3:6

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

Joel 3:6 · BSB

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Grecians Heb. sons of the Grecians

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 3:7 · BSB

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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 3:8 · BSB

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your sons3 parallels

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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 3:9 · BSB

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Prepare2 parallels

Heb. sanctify

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Joel 3:10

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong!'

Joel 3:10 · BSB

your plowshares3 parallels

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pruninghooks or , scythes

Joel 3:11

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

Joel 3:11 · BSB

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etc. or , the Lord shall bring down thy mighty ones , mighty

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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 3:12 · BSB

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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 3:13 · BSB

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Joel 3:14

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

Joel 3:14 · BSB

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decision1 parallel

or , concision

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Joel 3:15

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

Joel 3:15 · BSB

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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 3:16 · BSB

roar7 parallels

and the heavens7 parallels

hope11 parallels

Heb. place of repair , or , harbour

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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 3:17 · BSB

shall ye8 parallels

my3 parallels

Jerusalem5 parallels

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holy Heb. holiness

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 3:18 · BSB

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flow Heb. go

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 3:19 · BSB

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Joel 3:20

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

Joel 3:20 · BSB

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dwell or , abide

Joel 3:21

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

Joel 3:21 · BSB

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for the Lord3 parallels

or , even I the Lord that

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web16 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Amos 1:2 → Joel 3:16
Allusions Acts 4:12 → Joel 2:32, Joel 3:10 → Isaiah 2:4, Joel 3:16 → Jeremiah 25:30, Joel 3:18 → Ezekiel 47:1-12, Obadiah 17 → Joel 3:17, Micah 4:3 → Joel 3:10
Echoes Luke 10:13-14 → Joel 3:4, Luke 23:47-49 → Joel 3:19, Amos 1:2 → Joel 3:17
Trajectories
Divine Warrior (God Who Fights), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Last Days Eschatology, New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City)
Chiasms
Shaped Joel 2:27–3:17, Joel 2:27–3:21
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