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1 “ For behold, in those days and at that time, when I turn back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there over My people and My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations—and they have divided up My land. 3 And for My people they have cast lots, and they have given a boy for a prostitute, and a girl they have sold for wine, that they may drink. 4 And indeed, what are you⁺ to Me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? A recompense are you⁺ rendering against Me, or are you⁺ retaliating against Me? Swiftly and speedily I will return your⁺ recompense upon your⁺ head, 5 because you⁺ took My silver and My gold, and My precious treasures you⁺ have brought in into your⁺ temples! 6 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem you⁺ sold to the sons of Javan, that you might remove them far from their borders. 7 Behold, I am rousing them from the place where there you⁺ have sold them, and I will return your⁺ recompense upon your⁺ head! 8 And I will sell your⁺ sons and your⁺ daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off!” Indeed, YHWH has spoken. 9 Call this out among the nations: “Consecrate for war; Rouse the mighty ones; let draw near; let them come up—all the men of war! 10 Beat your⁺ plowshares into swords, and your⁺ pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ 11 Hurry and come in, all nations from around, and gather together there. Bring down, O YHWH, Your mighty ones. Joel 3:1-11, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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