Joel 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Joel 3:9-21

91Proclaim this among the nations: 2Prepare a war; 3rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!104Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; 5Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”1167Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O Lord, Your 8mighty ones.12Let the nations be aroused And come up to the 9valley of 10Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to 11judge All the surrounding nations.1312Put in the sickle, for the 13harvest is ripe. Come, 14tread, for the 15wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their 16wickedness is great.1417Multitudes, multitudes in the 18valley of 19decision! For the 20day of the Lord is near in the valley of 21decision.15The 22sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.16The Lord 23roars from Zion And 24utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the 25heavens and the earth tremble. But the Lord is a 26refuge for His people And a 27stronghold to the sons of Israel.17Then you will 28know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion, My 29holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be 30holy, And 31strangers will pass through it no more.

18And in that day The 32mountains will drip with 33sweet wine, And the hills will 34flow with milk, And all the 35brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a 36spring will go out from the house of the Lord To water the valley of 37Shittim.19Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the 38violence 39done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.20But Judah will be 40inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.21And I will 41avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the Lord dwells in Zion.

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Notes

  1. 1. Joel 3:9 Jer 51:27 ↩
  2. 2. Joel 3:9 Jer 6:4; Ezek 38:7; Mic 3:5 ↩
  3. 3. Joel 3:9 Is 8:9, 10; Jer 46:3, 4; Zech 14:2, 3 ↩
  4. 4. Joel 3:10 Is 2:4; Mic 4:3 ↩
  5. 5. Joel 3:10 Zech 12:8 ↩
  6. 6. Joel 3:11 Or Lend aid ↩
  7. 7. Joel 3:11 Ezek 38:15, 16 ↩
  8. 8. Joel 3:11 Is 13:3 ↩
  9. 9. Joel 3:12 Joel 3:2, 14 ↩
  10. 10. Joel 3:12 I.e. YHWH judges ↩
  11. 11. Joel 3:12 Ps 7:6; 96:13; 98:9; Is 2:4; 3:13 ↩
  12. 12. Joel 3:13 Rev 14:14-19 ↩
  13. 13. Joel 3:13 Jer 51:33; Hos 6:11 ↩
  14. 14. Joel 3:13 Rev 14:19, 20; 19:15 ↩
  15. 15. Joel 3:13 Is 63:3; Lam 1:15 ↩
  16. 16. Joel 3:13 Gen 18:20 ↩
  17. 17. Joel 3:14 Is 34:2-8 ↩
  18. 18. Joel 3:14 Joel 3:2, 12 ↩
  19. 19. Joel 3:14 I.e. God’s verdict ↩
  20. 20. Joel 3:14 Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
  21. 21. Joel 3:14 I.e. God’s verdict ↩
  22. 22. Joel 3:15 Joel 2:10, 31 ↩
  23. 23. Joel 3:16 Hos 11:10; Amos 1:2 ↩
  24. 24. Joel 3:16 Joel 2:11 ↩
  25. 25. Joel 3:16 Ezek 38:19; Joel 2:10; Hag 2:6 ↩
  26. 26. Joel 3:16 Ps 61:3; Is 33:16; Jer 17:17 ↩
  27. 27. Joel 3:16 Jer 16:19; Nah 1:7 ↩
  28. 28. Joel 3:17 Joel 2:27 ↩
  29. 29. Joel 3:17 Is 11:9; 56:7; Ezek 20:40 ↩
  30. 30. Joel 3:17 Is 4:3; Obad 17 ↩
  31. 31. Joel 3:17 Is 52:1; Nah 1:15 ↩
  32. 32. Joel 3:18 Amos 9:13 ↩
  33. 33. Joel 3:18 Lit freshly pressed out grape juice ↩
  34. 34. Joel 3:18 Ex 3:8 ↩
  35. 35. Joel 3:18 Is 30:25; 35:6 ↩
  36. 36. Joel 3:18 Ezek 47:1-12 ↩
  37. 37. Joel 3:18 Or acacias ↩
  38. 38. Joel 3:19 Obad 10 ↩
  39. 39. Joel 3:19 Lit of the sons ↩
  40. 40. Joel 3:20 Ezek 37:25; Amos 9:15 ↩
  41. 41. Joel 3:21 Is 4:4 ↩

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