10 (A)Beat your plowshares into swords,
And your pruning hooks into spears;
(B)Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”
11 [a](C)Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, Lord, Your (D)warriors.
12 Let the nations be awakened
And come up to the (E)Valley of [b]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to (F)judge
All the surrounding nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:11 Or Come help
  2. Joel 3:12 I.e., YHWH judges

10 Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks(A) into spears.(B)
Let the weakling(C) say,
    “I am strong!”(D)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble(E) there.

Bring down your warriors,(F) Lord!

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(G)
for there I will sit
    to judge(H) all the nations on every side.

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10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.

12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

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