Book of Joel, Chapter 3
Joel 3 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 3 of Joel—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ “[a]For behold, 1in those days and at that time,
When I 2restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, - I will 3gather all the nations
And bring them down to the 4valley of [b]Jehoshaphat.
Then I will 5enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have 6scattered among the nations;
And they have 7divided up My land. - “They have also 8cast lots for My people,
[c]9Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink. - ¶ Moreover, what are you to Me, O 10Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of 11Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will 12return your recompense on your head.
- Since you have 13taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious [d]treasures to your temples,
- and sold the 14sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the [e]Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,
- behold, I am going to 15arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.
- Also I will 16sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the 17Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the LORD has spoken.
- ¶ 18Proclaim this among the nations:
19Prepare a war; 20rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! - 21Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
22Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.” - [f]23Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O LORD, Your 24mighty ones. - Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the 25valley of [g]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to 26judge
All the surrounding nations. - 27Put in the sickle, for the 28harvest is ripe.
Come, 29tread, for the 30wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their 31wickedness is great. - 32Multitudes, multitudes in the 33valley of [h]decision!
For the 34day of the LORD is near in the valley of [i]decision. - The 35sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness. - The LORD 36roars from Zion
And 37utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the 38heavens and the earth tremble.
But the LORD is a 39refuge for His people
And a 40stronghold to the sons of Israel. - Then you will 41know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My 42holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be 43holy,
And 44strangers will pass through it no more. - ¶ And in that day
The 45mountains will drip with [j]sweet wine,
And the hills will 46flow with milk,
And all the 47brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a 48spring will go out from the house of the LORD
To water the valley of [k]Shittim. - Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the 49violence [l]done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood. - But Judah will be 50inhabited forever
And Jerusalem for all generations. - And I will 51avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the LORD dwells in Zion.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Ch 4:1 in Heb
- ^ I.e. YHWH judges
- ^ Lit Given
- ^ Lit goodly things
- ^ Lit sons of Javan
- ^ Or Lend aid
- ^ I.e. YHWH judges
- ^ I.e. God’s verdict
- ^ I.e. God’s verdict
- ^ Lit freshly pressed out grape juice
- ^ Or acacias
- ^ Lit of the sons
REFERENCES
- ^ Je 30:3; Eze 38:14
- ^ Je 16:15
- ^ Is 66:18; Mc 4:12; Zc 14:2
- ^ Jl 3:12, 14
- ^ Is 66:16; Je 25:31; Eze 38:22
- ^ Je 50:17; Eze 34:6
- ^ Eze 35:10; 36:1-5
- ^ Ob 11; Na 3:10
- ^ Am 2:6
- ^ Is 23:1-18; Am 1:9, 10; Zc 9:2-4; Mt 11:21, 22; Lu 10:13, 14
- ^ Is 14:29-31; Je 47:1-7; Eze 25:15-17; Am 1:6-8; Zc 9:5-7
- ^ Is 34:8; 59:18
- ^ 2Ki 12:18; 2Ch 21:16, 17
- ^ Eze 27:13
- ^ Is 43:5, 6; Je 23:8; Zc 9:13
- ^ Is 14:2; 60:14
- ^ Jb 1:15; Ps 72:10; Eze 38:13
- ^ Je 51:27
- ^ Je 6:4; Eze 38:7; Mc 3:5
- ^ Is 8:9, 10; Je 46:3, 4; Zc 14:2, 3
- ^ Is 2:4; Mc 4:3
- ^ Zc 12:8
- ^ Eze 38:15, 16
- ^ Is 13:3
- ^ Jl 3:2, 14
- ^ Ps 7:6; 96:13; 98:9; Is 2:4; 3:13
- ^ Re 14:14-19
- ^ Je 51:33; Ho 6:11
- ^ Re 14:19, 20; 19:15
- ^ Is 63:3; La 1:15
- ^ Ge 18:20
- ^ Is 34:2-8
- ^ Jl 3:2, 12
- ^ Jl 1:15; 2:1, 11, 31
- ^ Jl 2:10, 31
- ^ Ho 11:10; Am 1:2
- ^ Jl 2:11
- ^ Eze 38:19; Jl 2:10; Hg 2:6
- ^ Ps 61:3; Is 33:16; Je 17:17
- ^ Je 16:19; Na 1:7
- ^ Jl 2:27
- ^ Is 11:9; 56:7; Eze 20:40
- ^ Is 4:3; Ob 17
- ^ Is 52:1; Na 1:15
- ^ Am 9:13
- ^ Ex 3:8
- ^ Is 30:25; 35:6
- ^ Eze 47:1-12
- ^ Ob 10
- ^ Eze 37:25; Am 9:15
- ^ Is 4:4
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