Revised Version 1895

Joel 3:1-16

1For,beholdH7200, inthoseH3605days, and in that time, when I shallbringH1323againH310the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2I will gatherallH3117nations, and will bring themdownH5921intoH5921the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

3and they havecastH5414lots for mypeopleH1818: and havegivenוַיִּתְּנ֤וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

4Yea, andwhatH3372are ye tomeH6440, O Tyre, and Zidon, andallH3117the regions of Philistia? will ye rendermeH6440a recompence? and if ye recompensemeH6440, swiftly and speedily will IreturnH935your recompenceuponH935yourownH6440headH6440.

5Forasmuch as ye havetakenH1961my silver and my gold, and have carriedintoH1961your temples my goodly pleasant things;

6the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border:

7behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return 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 men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

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

10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks 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 LORD.

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

13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

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

16And the LORD shall roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake, but the LORD will be a refuge unto his people, and a strong hold to the children of Israel.

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