Joel 3:1-17 ▼

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.

12 May they be roused and come up—the nations to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the nations from around.

13 Send forth the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow, for great is their wickedness!

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision. For the day of YHWH is near in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.

16 And YHWH will roar from Zion, and from Jerusalem He will give forth His voice, and the heavens and the earth will quake, and YHWH will be a refuge for His people and a stronghold for the sons of Israel.

17 And you? will know that I am YHWH your? God, the One dwelling on Zion, the mountain of My holiness; and Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will not pass through her anymore.