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New American Standard Bible 2020

Joel 3

The Nations Will Be Judged

1“1For behold, 2in those days and at that time, When I 3restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,2I will 4gather all the nations And bring them down to the 5Valley of 6Jehoshaphat. Then I will 7enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have 8scattered among the nations; And they have 9divided up My land.3They have also 10cast lots for My people, 1112Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink. 4Moreover, what are you to Me, 13Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of 14Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will 15return your retribution on your head! 5Since you have 16taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious 17treasures to your temples, 6and sold the 18sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the 19Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, 7behold, I am going to 20stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head. 8I will also 21sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the 22Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.

923Proclaim this among the nations: 24Prepare for holy war; 25stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!1026Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; 27Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”112829Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, Lord, Your 30warriors.12Let the nations be awakened And come up to the 31Valley of 32Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to 33judge All the surrounding nations.1334Put in the sickle, for the 35harvest is ripe. Come, 36tread the grapes, for the 37wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their 38wickedness is great.1439Multitudes, multitudes in the 40valley of 41decision! For the 42day of the Lord is near in the valley of 43decision.15The 44sun and moon have become dark, And the stars have lost their brightness.16The Lord 45roars from Zion And 46utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the 47heavens and the earth quake. But the Lord is a 48refuge for His people, And a 49stronghold for the sons of Israel.17Then you will 50know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling on Zion, My 51holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be 52holy, And 53strangers will no longer pass through it.

Judah Will Be Blessed

18And on that day The 54mountains will drip with 55sweet wine, And the hills will 56flow with milk, And all the 57brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a 58spring will go out from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of 59Shittim.19Egypt will become a wasteland, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the 60violence 61done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.20But Judah will be 62inhabited forever, And Jerusalem for all generations.21And I will 63avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the Lord dwells in Zion.

Notes

  1. 1. Joel 3:1 Ch 4:1 in Heb ↩
  2. 2. Joel 3:1 Jer 30:3; Ezek 38:14 ↩
  3. 3. Joel 3:1 Jer 16:15 ↩
  4. 4. Joel 3:2 Is 66:18; Mic 4:12; Zech 14:2 ↩
  5. 5. Joel 3:2 Joel 3:12, 14 ↩
  6. 6. Joel 3:2 I.e., YHWH judges ↩
  7. 7. Joel 3:2 Is 66:16; Jer 25:31; Ezek 38:22 ↩
  8. 8. Joel 3:2 Jer 50:17; Ezek 34:6 ↩
  9. 9. Joel 3:2 Ezek 35:10; 36:1-5 ↩
  10. 10. Joel 3:3 Obad 11; Nah 3:10 ↩
  11. 11. Joel 3:3 Lit Given ↩
  12. 12. Joel 3:3 Amos 2:6 ↩
  13. 13. Joel 3:4 Is 23:1-18; Amos 1:9, 10; Zech 9:2-4; Matt 11:21, 22; Luke 10:13, 14 ↩
  14. 14. Joel 3:4 Is 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8; Zech 9:5-7 ↩
  15. 15. Joel 3:4 Is 34:8; 59:18 ↩
  16. 16. Joel 3:5 2 Kin 12:18; 2 Chr 21:16, 17 ↩
  17. 17. Joel 3:5 Lit goodly things ↩
  18. 18. Joel 3:6 Ezek 27:13 ↩
  19. 19. Joel 3:6 Lit sons of Javan ↩
  20. 20. Joel 3:7 Is 43:5, 6; Jer 23:8; Zech 9:13 ↩
  21. 21. Joel 3:8 Is 14:2; 60:14 ↩
  22. 22. Joel 3:8 Job 1:15; Ps 72:10; Ezek 38:13 ↩
  23. 23. Joel 3:9 Jer 51:27 ↩
  24. 24. Joel 3:9 Jer 6:4; Ezek 38:7; Mic 3:5 ↩
  25. 25. Joel 3:9 Is 8:9, 10; Jer 46:3, 4; Zech 14:2, 3 ↩
  26. 26. Joel 3:10 Is 2:4; Mic 4:3 ↩
  27. 27. Joel 3:10 Zech 12:8 ↩
  28. 28. Joel 3:11 Or Come help ↩
  29. 29. Joel 3:11 Ezek 38:15, 16 ↩
  30. 30. Joel 3:11 Is 13:3 ↩
  31. 31. Joel 3:12 Joel 3:2, 14 ↩
  32. 32. Joel 3:12 I.e., YHWH judges ↩
  33. 33. Joel 3:12 Ps 7:6; 96:13; 98:9; Is 2:4; 3:13 ↩
  34. 34. Joel 3:13 Rev 14:14-19 ↩
  35. 35. Joel 3:13 Jer 51:33; Hos 6:11 ↩
  36. 36. Joel 3:13 Rev 14:19, 20; 19:15 ↩
  37. 37. Joel 3:13 Is 63:3; Lam 1:15 ↩
  38. 38. Joel 3:13 Gen 18:20 ↩
  39. 39. Joel 3:14 Is 34:2-8 ↩
  40. 40. Joel 3:14 Joel 3:2, 12 ↩
  41. 41. Joel 3:14 I.e., God’s verdict ↩
  42. 42. Joel 3:14 Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
  43. 43. Joel 3:14 I.e., God’s verdict ↩
  44. 44. Joel 3:15 Joel 2:10, 31 ↩
  45. 45. Joel 3:16 Hos 11:10; Amos 1:2 ↩
  46. 46. Joel 3:16 Joel 2:11 ↩
  47. 47. Joel 3:16 Ezek 38:19; Joel 2:10; Hag 2:6 ↩
  48. 48. Joel 3:16 Ps 61:3; Is 33:16; Jer 17:17 ↩
  49. 49. Joel 3:16 Jer 16:19; Nah 1:7 ↩
  50. 50. Joel 3:17 Joel 2:27 ↩
  51. 51. Joel 3:17 Is 11:9; 56:7; Ezek 20:40 ↩
  52. 52. Joel 3:17 Is 4:3; Obad 17 ↩
  53. 53. Joel 3:17 Is 52:1; Nah 1:15 ↩
  54. 54. Joel 3:18 Amos 9:13 ↩
  55. 55. Joel 3:18 Lit freshly pressed-out grape juice ↩
  56. 56. Joel 3:18 Ex 3:8 ↩
  57. 57. Joel 3:18 Is 30:25; 35:6 ↩
  58. 58. Joel 3:18 Ezek 47:1-12 ↩
  59. 59. Joel 3:18 Or acacias ↩
  60. 60. Joel 3:19 Obad 10 ↩
  61. 61. Joel 3:19 Lit of the sons ↩
  62. 62. Joel 3:20 Ezek 37:25; Amos 9:15 ↩
  63. 63. Joel 3:21 Is 4:4 ↩

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