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Joel 3:1 (BSB)
“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
Joel 3:2 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:3 (BSB)
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
Joel 3:4 (BSB)
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
Joel 3:6 (BSB)
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
Joel 3:7 (BSB)
Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
Joel 3:8 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:9 (BSB)
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Joel 3:10 (BSB)
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
Joel 3:11 (BSB)
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
Joel 3:12 (BSB)
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
Joel 3:13 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:14 (BSB)
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Joel 3:16 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:17 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:18 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:19 (BSB)
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.
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.
Joel 3:21 (BSB)
For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
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