Joel 3:14
Good News Translation
Thousands and thousands are in the Valley of Judgment. It is there that the day of the LORD will soon come.

New Revised Standard Version
Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

Contemporary English Version
Crowds fill Decision Valley. The judgment day of the LORD will soon be here--

New American Bible
Crowds upon crowds in the Valley of Decision; For near is the day of the LORD in the Valley of Decision.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.

multitudes.

Joel 3:2 I will gather together all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Josaphat: and I will plead with them there for my people, and for my inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and have parted my land.

Isaiah 34:2-8 For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath killed them, and delivered them to slaughter. . . .

Isaiah 63:1-7 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. I, that speak justice, and am a defender to save. . . .

Ezekiel 38:8-23 After many days thou shalt be visited: at the end of years thou shalt come to the land that is returned from the sword, and is gathered out of many nations, to the mountains of Israel which have been continually waste: but it hath been brought forth out of the nations, and they shall all of them dwell securely in it. . . .

Ezekiel 39:8-20 Behold it cometh, and it is done, saith the Lord God: this is the day whereof I have spoken. . . .

Revelation 16:14-16 For they are the spirits of devils, working signs: and they go forth unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle against the great day of the Almighty God. . . .

Revelation 19:19-21 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies, gathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse and with his army. . . .

decision.

Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs: beware of evil workers: beware of the concision.

or, threshing.

Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Sion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: because the day of the Lord cometh, because it is nigh at hand.

Psalm 37:13 But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.

Context
The LORD Judges the Nations
13Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied. 14Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.15The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.…
Cross References
Isaiah 13:4
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.

Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee also, that thou too art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Isaiah 34:2
For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath killed them, and delivered them to slaughter.

Joel 1:15
Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Sion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: because the day of the Lord cometh, because it is nigh at hand.

Joel 2:11
And the Lord hath uttered his voice before the face of his army: for his armies are exceedingly great, for they are strong, and execute his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible: and who can stand it?

Joel 3:2
I will gather together all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Josaphat: and I will plead with them there for my people, and for my inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and have parted my land.

Joel 3:12
Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.

Zephaniah 1:14
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and exceeding swift: the voice of the day of the Lord is bitter, the mighty man shall there meet with tribulation.

Joel 3:13
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