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Joel 3
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Joel 3


The Nations Will Be Judged

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“(a)For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I (B)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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I will (C)gather all the nations
And bring them down to the (D)valley of (b)Jehoshaphat.
Then I will (E)enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have (F)scattered among the nations;
And they have (G)divided up My land.
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“They have also (H)cast lots for My people,
(c)(I)Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
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4 Moreover, what are you to Me, O (J)Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of (K)Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will (L)return your recompense on your head.
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5 Since you have (M)taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious (d)treasures to your temples,
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6 and sold the (N)sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the (e)Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,
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7 behold, I am going to (O)arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.
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8 Also I will (P)sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the (Q)Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.
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(R)Proclaim this among the nations:
(S)Prepare a war; (T)rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
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(U)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
(V)Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”
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(f)(W)Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O Lord, Your (X)mighty ones.
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Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the (Y)valley of (g)Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to (Z)judge
All the surrounding nations.
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(AA)Put in the sickle, for the (AB)harvest is ripe.
Come, (AC)tread, for the (AD)wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their (AE)wickedness is great.
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(AF)Multitudes, multitudes in the (AG)valley of (h)decision!
For the (AH)day of the Lord is near in the valley of (i)decision.
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The (AI)sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
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The Lord (AJ)roars from Zion
And (AK)utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the (AL)heavens and the earth tremble.
But the Lord is a (AM)refuge for His people
And a (AN)stronghold to the sons of Israel.
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Then you will (AO)know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My (AP)holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be (AQ)holy,
And (AR)strangers will pass through it no more.

Judah Will Be Blessed

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And in that day
The (AS)mountains will drip with (j)sweet wine,
And the hills will (AT)flow with milk,
And all the (AU)brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a (AV)spring will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the valley of (k)Shittim.
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Egypt will become a waste,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the (AW)violence (l)done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
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But Judah will be (AX)inhabited forever
And Jerusalem for all generations.
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And I will (AY)avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the Lord dwells in Zion.

Footnotes:

a. Joel 3:1: ['Ch 4:1 in Heb']
b. Joel 3:2: ['I.e. YHWH judges']
c. Joel 3:3: ['Lit ', Given]
d. Joel 3:5: ['Lit ', goodly things]
e. Joel 3:6: ['Lit ', sons of Javan]
f. Joel 3:11: ['Or ', Lend aid]
g. Joel 3:12: ['I.e. YHWH judges']
h. Joel 3:14: ['I.e. God’s verdict']
i. Joel 3:14: ['I.e. God’s verdict']
j. Joel 3:18: ['Lit ', freshly pressed out grape juice]
k. Joel 3:18: ['Or ', acacias]
l. Joel 3:19: ['Lit ', of the sons]

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