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Joel 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Nations Will Be Judged

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[fn]For behold, in those days and at that time,

When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

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I will gather all the nations

And bring them down to the Valley of [fn]Jehoshaphat.

Then I will enter into judgment with them there

On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,

Whom they have scattered among the nations;

And they have divided up My land.

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“They have also cast lots for My people,

[fn]Traded a boy for a prostitute,

And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

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“Moreover, what are you to Me, Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will return your retribution on your head!

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:5 - “Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious [fn]treasures to your temples,
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:6 - and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the [fn]Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7 - behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8 - “I will also sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the LORD has spoken.
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Proclaim this among the nations:

Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors!

Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!

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Beat your plowshares into swords,

And your pruning hooks into spears;

Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”

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[fn]Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,

And gather yourselves there.

Bring down, LORD, Your warriors.

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Let the nations be awakened

And come up to the Valley of [fn]Jehoshaphat,

For there I will sit to judge

All the surrounding nations.

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Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.

Come, tread the grapes, for the wine press is full;

The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.

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Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of [fn]decision!

For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of [fn]decision.

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The sun and moon have become dark,

And the stars have lost their brightness.

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The LORD roars from Zion

And utters His voice from Jerusalem,

And the heavens and the earth quake.

But the LORD is a refuge for His people,

And a stronghold for the sons of Israel.

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Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,

Dwelling on Zion, My holy mountain.

So Jerusalem will be holy,

And strangers will no longer pass through it.

Judah Will Be Blessed

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And on that day

The mountains will drip with [fn]sweet wine,

And the hills will flow with milk,

And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water;

And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD

And water the Valley of [fn]Shittim.

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Egypt will become a wasteland,

And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,

Because of the violence [fn]done to the sons of Judah,

In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

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But Judah will be inhabited forever,

And Jerusalem for all generations.

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And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged,

For the LORD dwells in Zion.

NASB20 Footnotes
Ch 4:1 in Heb
I.e., YHWH judges
Lit Given
Lit goodly things
Lit sons of Javan
Or Come help
I.e., YHWH judges
I.e., God’s verdict
I.e., God’s verdict
Lit freshly pressed-out grape juice
Or acacias
Lit of the sons
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