Joel 3 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 3

Yes,

in those

days

and at that

time,

when

I restore

from captivity

Judah

and Jerusalem,

I will gather

all

the nations

and bring them down

to

the Valley

of Jehoshaphat.

There

I will enter into judgment

against them

concerning

My people,

My inheritance,

Israel,

whom

they have scattered

among the nations

as

they divided up

My land.

They cast

lots

for

My people;

they bartered

a boy

for a prostitute

and sold

a girl

for wine

to drink.

Now

what

have you

against Me,

O Tyre,

Sidon,

and all

the regions

of Philistia—

are you

rendering

Me

a recompense?

But if

you

retaliate

against Me,

I will swiftly

and speedily

return

retribution

on your heads.

For

you took

My silver

and gold

and carried off

My finest

treasures

to your temples.

You sold

the people

of Judah

and Jerusalem

to the Greeks,

to

send them far

from

their homeland.

Behold,

I will rouse them

from

the places

to which

you sold

them;

I will return

retribution

on your heads.

I will sell

your sons

and daughters

into the hands

of the people

of Judah,

and they will sell

them to the Sabeans,

to

a distant

nation.”

Indeed,

the LORD

has spoken.

Proclaim

this

among the nations:

“Prepare

for war;

rouse

the mighty men;

let all

the men

of war

advance

and attack!

Beat

your plowshares

into swords

and your pruning hooks

into spears.

Let the weak

say,

‘I am

strong!’

Come

quickly,

all

you nations

on every side

and gather yourselves.

Bring down

Your mighty ones,

O LORD.

Let the nations

be roused

and advance

into

the Valley

of Jehoshaphat,

for

there

I will sit down

to judge

all

the nations

on every side.

Swing

the sickle,

for

the harvest

is ripe.

Come,

trample the grapes,

for

the winepress

is full;

the wine vats

overflow

because

their wickedness

is great.

Multitudes,

multitudes

in the valley

of decision!

For

the Day

of the LORD

is near

in the valley

of decision.

The sun

and moon

grow dark,

and the stars

no longer

shine.

The LORD

will roar

from Zion

and raise

His voice

from Jerusalem;

heaven

and earth

will tremble.

But the LORD

will be a refuge

for His people,

a stronghold

for the people

of Israel.

Then you will know

that

I

am the LORD

your God,

who dwells

in Zion,

My holy

mountain.

Jerusalem

will be

holy,

never

again

to be overrun

by foreigners.

And

in that

day

the mountains

will drip

with sweet wine,

and the hills

will flow

with milk.

All

the streams

of Judah

will run

with water,

and a spring

will flow

from the house

of the LORD

to water

the Valley

of Acacias.

Egypt

will become

desolate,

and Edom

a desert

wasteland,

because of the violence

done to the people

of Judah,

in whose

land

they shed

innocent

blood.

But Judah

will be inhabited forever,

and Jerusalem

from generation

to generation.

For I will acquit

their bloodguilt

which I have not yet

acquitted.”

For the LORD

dwells

in Zion.

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