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Joel 3:8-10
New Life Version
Joel 3:8-10
New Life Version
8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the sons of Judah. And they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.
9 Make this known among the nations: Get ready for war! Call your strong men! Gather all the soldiers and let them come up! 10 Beat your plows into swords, and your vine hooks into spears. Let the weak say, “I am a powerful soldier.”
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Joel 3:8-10
New International Version
Joel 3:8-10
New International Version
8 I will sell your sons(A) and daughters to the people of Judah,(B) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(C) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(D)
Joel 3:8-10
English Standard Version
Joel 3:8-10
English Standard Version
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the (A)Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
(B)Consecrate for war;[a]
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 (C)Beat your plowshares into swords,
and (D)your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
Footnotes
- Joel 3:9 Or Consecrate a war
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