Joel 3:11

Joel 3:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, Lord!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.

Context of Joel 3:11

9Announce this among the nations: Prepare yourselves for war. Wake up the warriors. Have all the warriors come near and attack. 10Hammer your plowblades into swords and your pruning shears into spears. Weaklings should say that they are warriors. Hurry from every direction, and gather there, all you nations. O Lord, bring your soldiers. 12Wake up, you nations. Come to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. 13Cut them down like grain. The harvest is ripe. Stomp on them as you would stomp on grapes. The winepress is full. The vats overflow. The nations are very wicked.

Joel 3:11 word by word

ע֣וּשׁוּ וָבֹ֧אוּ כָֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּ שָׁ֕מָּה הַֽנְחַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Assembleעוּשׁ‛ûsh · to helpH5789
• yourselves, and comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• all ye heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and gather yourselves togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• thither cause thy mighty onesגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• to come downנָחֵתnâchath · to descendH5181
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Joel 3:11

• Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations. I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will judge them there. They scattered the Israelites, the people who belong to me, among the nations. They divided my land.
• Ezekiel 38:9You will attack like a storm and cover the land like a cloud. Your troops and the many armies will be with you.
• Micah 4:12They don’t know the thoughts of the Lord or understand his plan. He will bring them together like cut grain on the threshing floor.
• Zephaniah 3:8The Lord declares, “Just wait! One day I will stand up as a witness. I have decided to gather nations, to bring kingdoms together, and to pour my rage, my burning anger, on them. The whole land will be consumed by my fiery fury.
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people in the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people won’t be taken from the city.
• Revelation 16:14They are spirits of demons that do miracles. These spirits go to the kings of the whole world and gather them for the war on the frightening day of God Almighty.
• Revelation 19:19I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army.
• Revelation 20:8He will go out to deceive Gog and Magog, the nations in the four corners of the earth, and gather them for war. They will be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore.
• Psalms 103:20Praise the Lord, all his angels, you mighty beings who carry out his orders and are ready to obey his spoken orders.
• Isaiah 10:34He will cut down the underbrush of the forest with an ax. Lebanon will fall in front of the Mighty One.
• Isaiah 13:3I’ve commanded my holy ones. I’ve called my mighty men to carry out my anger. They find joy in my triumphs.
• Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7It is also right for God to give all of us relief from our suffering. He will do this when the Lord Jesus is revealed, ⌞coming⌟ from heaven with his mighty angels in a blazing fire.
• Revelation 19:14The armies of heaven, wearing pure, white linen, follow him on white horses.

Commentaries on Joel 3:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Once more all the enemies of God are summoned together. “Assemble yourselves,” (Others in the same sense render, “Haste ye,) and come, all ye pagan, round about,” literally “from round about,” i. e., from every side, so as to compass and hem in the people of God, and then, when the net had been, as it were, drawn closer and closer round them, and no way of escape is left, the prophet prays God to send His aid; “thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from all comfort and joy. Most of the prophets foretell the same final victory of the church of God over all that oppose it. To the wicked it will be a terrible day, but to the righteous it will be a joyful day. What cause have those who possess an interest in Christ, to glory in their Strength…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16Here, Joel spoke about God’s coming judgment on the nations, especially those that had oppressed God’s people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Assemble--"Hasten" [Maurer]. thither--to the valley of Jehoshaphat. thy mighty ones--the warriors who fancy themselves "mighty ones," but who are on that very spot to be overthrown by Jehovah [Maurer]. Compare "the mighty men" (Joe 3:9). Rather, Joel speaks of God's really "mighty ones" in contrast to the self-styled "mighty men" (Joe 3:9; Psa 103:20; Is 13:3; compare Da 10:13). Auberlen remarks: One prophet supplements the other, for they all…Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 3:11

• Egypt
• Joel

In the dictionaries

• Flow
• Harvest
• Hope
• Wake
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Grecians; Greeks
• Haste
• Joel (2)
• Sabaeans

Commentaries on Joel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings