Joel 4:11

Context of Joel 4:11

9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war. Stir up the mighty men. Let the warriors advance and attack. 10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning knives into spears. Let the weak say, “I am strong.” Rouse yourselves and come, all nations around, and gather there. Adonai, bring Your mighty ones down! 12“Let the nations rouse themselves and go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.” 13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full —the vats overflow— for their wickedness is great!

Commentaries on Joel 4:11

• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 11Gather Heb. עוּשׁוּ. Like חוּשוּ, hasten, so did Menahem associate it. Jonathan, however, renders: they shall gather, and I say that it is an expression of a block of iron (עֶשֶת), which is gathered together, masse in French, and the “tav” is not a radical.Read the comment

Commentaries on Joel 4

• Rashi on Tanakh