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Joel 3 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Nations Will Be Judged

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:1 - [fn]For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - “They have also cast lots for My people,
[fn]Traded a boy for a harlot
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - “Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense 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 arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8 - “Also 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 distant nation,” for the LORD has spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:9 - Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 - Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:11 - [fn]Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of [fn]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:13 - Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of [fn]decision!
For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of [fn]decision.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - The sun and moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 - The LORD roars from Zion
And utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the heavens and the earth tremble.
But the LORD is a refuge for His people
And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:17 - Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be holy,
And strangers will pass through it no more.

Judah Will Be Blessed

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And in 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
To water the valley of [fn]Shittim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - Egypt will become a waste,
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:20 - But Judah will be inhabited forever
And Jerusalem for all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:21 - And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the LORD dwells in Zion.
NASB95 Footnotes
Ch 4:1 in Heb
I.e. YHWH judges
Literally: Given
Literally: goodly things
Literally: sons of Javan
Or, Lend aid
I.e. YHWH judges
I.e. God's verdict
Literally: freshly pressed out grape juice
Or, acacias
Literally: of the sons
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