New American Standard Bible 2020
Joel 3:9-21
91Proclaim this among the nations: 2Prepare for holy war; 3stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!104Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; 5Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”1167Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, Lord, Your 8warriors.12Let the nations be awakened 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 the grapes, 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 have become dark, And the stars have lost their brightness.16The Lord 23roars from Zion And 24utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the 25heavens and the earth quake. But the Lord is a 26refuge for His people, And a 27stronghold for the sons of Israel.17Then you will 28know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling on Zion, My 29holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be 30holy, And 31strangers will no longer pass through it.
18And on 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 And water the Valley of 37Shittim.19Egypt will become a wasteland, 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.
Notes
- 1. Joel 3:9 Jer 51:27 ↩
- 2. Joel 3:9 Jer 6:4; Ezek 38:7; Mic 3:5 ↩
- 3. Joel 3:9 Is 8:9, 10; Jer 46:3, 4; Zech 14:2, 3 ↩
- 4. Joel 3:10 Is 2:4; Mic 4:3 ↩
- 5. Joel 3:10 Zech 12:8 ↩
- 6. Joel 3:11 Or Come help ↩
- 7. Joel 3:11 Ezek 38:15, 16 ↩
- 8. Joel 3:11 Is 13:3 ↩
- 9. Joel 3:12 Joel 3:2, 14 ↩
- 10. Joel 3:12 I.e., YHWH judges ↩
- 11. Joel 3:12 Ps 7:6; 96:13; 98:9; Is 2:4; 3:13 ↩
- 12. Joel 3:13 Rev 14:14-19 ↩
- 13. Joel 3:13 Jer 51:33; Hos 6:11 ↩
- 14. Joel 3:13 Rev 14:19, 20; 19:15 ↩
- 15. Joel 3:13 Is 63:3; Lam 1:15 ↩
- 16. Joel 3:13 Gen 18:20 ↩
- 17. Joel 3:14 Is 34:2-8 ↩
- 18. Joel 3:14 Joel 3:2, 12 ↩
- 19. Joel 3:14 I.e., God’s verdict ↩
- 20. Joel 3:14 Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31 ↩
- 21. Joel 3:14 I.e., God’s verdict ↩
- 22. Joel 3:15 Joel 2:10, 31 ↩
- 23. Joel 3:16 Hos 11:10; Amos 1:2 ↩
- 24. Joel 3:16 Joel 2:11 ↩
- 25. Joel 3:16 Ezek 38:19; Joel 2:10; Hag 2:6 ↩
- 26. Joel 3:16 Ps 61:3; Is 33:16; Jer 17:17 ↩
- 27. Joel 3:16 Jer 16:19; Nah 1:7 ↩
- 28. Joel 3:17 Joel 2:27 ↩
- 29. Joel 3:17 Is 11:9; 56:7; Ezek 20:40 ↩
- 30. Joel 3:17 Is 4:3; Obad 17 ↩
- 31. Joel 3:17 Is 52:1; Nah 1:15 ↩
- 32. Joel 3:18 Amos 9:13 ↩
- 33. Joel 3:18 Lit freshly pressed-out grape juice ↩
- 34. Joel 3:18 Ex 3:8 ↩
- 35. Joel 3:18 Is 30:25; 35:6 ↩
- 36. Joel 3:18 Ezek 47:1-12 ↩
- 37. Joel 3:18 Or acacias ↩
- 38. Joel 3:19 Obad 10 ↩
- 39. Joel 3:19 Lit of the sons ↩
- 40. Joel 3:20 Ezek 37:25; Amos 9:15 ↩
- 41. Joel 3:21 Is 4:4 ↩
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
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