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Joel 3:2-12
Lexham English Bible
Joel 3:2-12
Lexham English Bible
2 I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will argue a case against them[a] there concerning my people and my inheritance Israel whom they have scattered among the nations, and my land that they have divided. 3 For my people they cast lots,[b] and they traded[c] the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank it.
4 What are you to me, O Tyre and O Sidon, and all of the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying to me what is deserved? If you are recompensing me, I will return swiftly and quickly what you deserve on your head! 5 For you have taken my silver and my gold, and my beautiful treasures you have carried into your temples. 6 And the sons of Judah and Jerusalem you sold to the sons of the Greeks, in order to remove them from their border. 7 Look! I am rousing them from the place where you have sold them, and I will return what you deserve on your head! 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans and to a nation far away, for Yahweh has spoken.
Yahweh’s Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war![d]
Stir up the mighty warriors;
let them approach and come up;
let all the men of war approach.
10 Beat your cutting tools of iron into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weakling say, ‘I am a mighty warrior!’
11 Hurry and come,
all the nations, from all around,
and gather yourselves there.
Bring down your mighty warriors, O Yahweh!
12 Let the nations be roused and let them come up
to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit to judge
all the nations from all around.
Joel 3:2-12
New International Version
Joel 3:2-12
New International Version
2 I will gather(A) all nations
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[a](B)
There I will put them on trial(C)
for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(D) my people among the nations
and divided up my land.
3 They cast lots(E) for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine(F) to drink.
4 “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(G) and all you regions of Philistia?(H) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(I) 5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[b](J) 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(K) that you might send them far from their homeland.
7 “See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,(L) and I will return(M) on your own heads what you have done. 8 I will sell your sons(N) and daughters to the people of Judah,(O) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(P) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(Q)
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!(R)
Rouse the warriors!(S)
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks(T) into spears.(U)
Let the weakling(V) say,
“I am strong!”(W)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble(X) there.
Bring down your warriors,(Y) Lord!
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