Joel 3:1-12 ▼

1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, When I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will gather all nations, And will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there For My people and for My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations, And divided My land.

3 And they have cast lots for My people; And have given a boy for an harlot, And sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

4 And also what are ye to Me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render retribution on My behalf? and if ye render retribution on My behalf, swiftly, speedily will I return your retribution upon your own head.

5 Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;

6 the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of Jevanim, that ye might remove them far from their border;

7 behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your retribution upon your own head;

8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off; for the LORD hath spoken.

9 Proclaim ye this among the nations, Prepare war; Stir up the mighty men; Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.

10 Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning-hooks into spears; Let the weak say: 'I am strong.'

11 Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, And gather yourselves together; Thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD!

12 Let the nations be stirred up, and come up To the valley of Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge All the nations round about.