Joel 3:1-8

New American Standard Bible

The Nations Will Be Judged

3 “^[a]For behold, ^(A)in those days and at that time,
When I ^(B)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
²I will ^(C)gather all the nations
And bring them down to the ^(D)Valley of ^[b]Jehoshaphat.
Then I will ^(E)enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have ^(F)scattered among the nations;
And they have ^(G)divided up My land.
³They have also ^(H)cast lots for My people,
^[c]^(I)Traded a boy for a prostitute,
And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

⁴Moreover, what are you to Me, ^(J)Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of ^(K)Philistia? Are you repaying Me with retribution? But if you are showing Me retribution, swiftly and speedily I will ^(L)return your retribution on your head! ⁵Since you have ^(M)taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious ^[d]treasures to your temples, ⁶and sold the ^(N)sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the ^[e]Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, ⁷behold, I am going to ^(O)stir them up from the place where you have sold them, and return your retribution on your head. ⁸I will also ^(P)sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the ^(Q)Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken.