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Joel 3:1-16

1Forbehold,inthosedays,andinthattime,whenIshallturnagainthecaptivityofJudahandJerusalem,

2IwillalsoH1571gatherallthenations,andwillbringthemdownintothevalleyofJehoshaphat,andIwillenterintojudgmentwiththemthereonaccountofmypeopleandmine inheritance, Israel, whomtheyhavescatteredamongthenations:andtheyhavepartedmyland;

3andtheyhavecastlotsformypeople,andhavegivenH5414aboyforaharlot,andsoldagirlforwine,andhavedrunk [it].

4Yeaalso,whathaveyetodowithme,OTyreandZidon,andallthedistrictsofPhilistia?Willye rendermearecompence?Butif ye recompenseme, swiftly [and] speedilywillIbringH935yourrecompenceuponyourownhead;

5becauseyehavetakenmysilverandmygold,andhavecarriedintoyourtemplesmybeautiful pleasantthings,

6and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.

7Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.

8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken.

9Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

10Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

11Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

12Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel.

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