The Day of the Lord

28 “And afterward,
    I will pour out my Spirit(A) on all people.(B)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,(C)
    your old men will dream dreams,(D)
    your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants,(E) both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days.(F)
30 I will show wonders in the heavens(G)
    and on the earth,(H)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(I)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(J)
32 And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord(K) will be saved;(L)
for on Mount Zion(M) and in Jerusalem
    there will be deliverance,(N)
    as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors(O)
    whom the Lord calls.[a](P)

The Nations Judged

[b]“In those days and at that time,
    when I restore the fortunes(Q) of Judah(R) and Jerusalem,
I will gather(S) all nations
    and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[c](T)
There I will put them on trial(U)
    for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(V) my people among the nations
    and divided up my land.
They cast lots(W) for my people
    and traded boys for prostitutes;
    they sold girls for wine(X) to drink.

Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:32 In Hebrew texts 2:28-32 is numbered 3:1-5.
  2. Joel 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.
  3. Joel 3:2 Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges; also in verse 12.

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