Joel 3:1-12 ▼

1 Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will gather all the nations and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there because of my people, my inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries and divided up my land.

3 They cast lots for my people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

4 And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia —what are you to me? Are you paying me back or trying to get even with me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.

5 For you took my silver and gold and carried my finest treasures to your temples.

6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory.

7 Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads.

8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken.

9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; rouse the warriors; let all the men of war advance and attack!

10 Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”

11 Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. Bring down your warriors there, LORD.

12 Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations.