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Joel 3
International Children’s Bible
Joel 3
International Children’s Bible
Punishment for Judah’s Enemies
3 “In those days and at that time,
I will give Judah and Jerusalem back their riches.
2 I will also gather all the nations together.
I will bring them down into the Valley Where the Lord Judges.
And there I will judge them.
Those nations scattered my own people, Israel.
They forced my people to live in other nations.
They divided up my land.
3 They threw lots for my people.
They traded boys for prostitutes.
And they sold girls to buy wine to drink.
4 “Tyre and Sidon and all of you regions of Philistia! What do you have against me? Are you punishing me for something I did? Or are you doing something to hurt me? Then I will quickly do to you what you have done to me. 5 You took my silver and gold. You took my precious treasures and put them in your temples. 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. That way you could send them far from their land.
7 “You sent my people to that faraway place. But I will bring them back. And I will do to you what you have done to them. 8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. Then they will sell them to the Sabean people far away.” The Lord said this.
God Judges the Nations
9 Announce this among the nations:
Prepare for war!
Wake up the soldiers!
Let all the men of war come near and attack.
10 Make your plows into swords.
Make spears from your hooks for trimming trees.
Let the weak say,
“I am strong.”
11 All of you nations, hurry.
Come together in that place.
Lord, send your strong soldiers
to gather the nations.
12 “Wake up, nations.
Come to the Valley Where the Lord Judges.
There I will sit to judge
all the nations on every side.
13 Cut them down like grain
because the harvest is ripe with sin.
Come, walk on them as you would walk on grapes,
because the winepress is full.
The barrels are full of their sins and spilling over.
These people are so evil!”
14 There are many people
in the Valley of Decision.[a]
The Lord’s day of judging is near
in the Valley of Decision.
15 The sun and the moon will become dark.
The stars will stop shining.
16 The Lord will roar like a lion from Jerusalem.
His loud voice will sound like a growl from Jerusalem.
And the sky and the earth will shake.
But the Lord will be a safe place for his people.
He will be a strong place of safety for the people of Israel.
17 “Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.
I stay in my holy Mount Zion.
Jerusalem will become holy.
Strangers will never take over that city again.
A New Life Promised for Judah
18 “On that day the mountains will be covered with grapes for sweet wine.
The hills will be covered with cows to give milk.
And water will flow through all the ravines of Judah.
A fountain will flow from the Temple of the Lord.
It will give water to the valley of acacia trees.
19 But Egypt will become empty.
And Edom will become an empty desert.
This is because they were cruel to the people of Judah.
They killed innocent people in the land of Judah.
20 But there will always be people living in Judah.
And people will live in Jerusalem from now on.
21 Egypt and Edom killed my people.
So I will definitely punish them.”
The Lord lives in Jerusalem!
Joël 3
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Joël 3
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De Heer zal Israëls vijanden straffen
3 De Heer zegt: Let op, in die tijd zal Ik een einde maken aan de ellende van Jeruzalem en Juda. 2 Ik zal alle volken verzamelen en naar het dal van Josafat brengen.[a] Daar zal Ik over hen rechtspreken voor wat ze met mijn volk Israël hebben gedaan. Want zij hebben mijn volk over de andere volken verspreid en mijn land verdeeld. 3 Ze lootten over mijn volk. Ze betaalden met een jongen als ze een hoer wilden hebben. Ze betaalden met een meisje als ze wijn wilden drinken.
4 En jullie, Tyrus en Sidon, wat denken jullie tegen Mij te kunnen doen? En jij, Filistéa? Willen jullie je op Mij wreken? Dan zal het slecht met jullie aflopen, want Ik zal al heel gauw Mij op júllie wreken! 5 Want jullie hebben mijn zilver en mijn goud uit mijn tempel meegenomen. Jullie hebben mijn kostbare schatten uit mijn tempel weggehaald en in júllie tempels gezet. 6 En jullie hebben de bewoners van Jeruzalem en Juda verkocht aan de Grieken. Zo hebben jullie hen uit hun eigen land weggehaald en naar een ver land gebracht. 7 Let op, Ik zal hen laten terugkomen uit het land waarheen jullie hen hadden verkocht. En Ik zal jullie straffen voor wat jullie hun hebben aangedaan. 8 Ik zal júllie zonen en dochters verkopen aan de Judeeërs. En de Judeeërs zullen hen doorverkopen aan Scheba, een volk dat ver weg woont. Ik heb het gezegd en Ik zal het ook doen.
De Heer zal weer goed zijn voor zijn eigen volk
9 Roep het uit onder de volken: Verzamel je leger! Roep je helden bij elkaar! Ruk op! 10 Smeed de ploegen en snoeischaren om tot zwaarden en speren! Laten ook zwakke mensen zichzelf moed inspreken en zeggen: 'Ik ben een held!' 11 Maak je allemaal klaar en kom! Laten alle volken zich verzamelen – Heer, leid uw helden! – 12 De volken zullen naar het dal van Josafat komen. Maar daar zal Ik rechtspreken over alle volken.[b] 13 Snijd de druiventrossen af! Want de oogst is rijp. Pers de druiven uit! Want de druivenpers zit vol en de bakken met druivensap stromen over.[c] Want deze volken hebben vreselijke dingen gedaan."
14 Joël zegt: Er is een enorm grote menigte mensen in het dal van beslissing. Want de Heer is daar gekomen om over hen recht te spreken. 15 De zon is verduisterd. De maan schijnt niet meer. De sterren geven geen licht meer. 16 De Heer zal als een leeuw brullen vanuit Jeruzalem, zodat de hemel en de aarde beven. Maar zijn eigen volk zal bij Hem zo veilig zijn als in een schuilplaats.
17 De Heer zegt: "Jullie zullen beseffen, dat Ik jullie Heer God ben die op de heilige berg Sion woont. Jeruzalem zal mijn heiligdom zijn. Er zullen geen vreemdelingen meer naar binnen mogen.
18 In die tijd zullen de bergen druipen van zoete wijn. De heuvels zullen stromen van melk. De beken van Juda zullen vol water zijn. Er zal een bron zijn in de tempel van de Heer.[d] Het water daarvan zal naar het Sittim-dal stromen. 19 Egypte zal verwoest worden. Edom zal veranderen in een wildernis. Dat is hun straf voor wat ze Juda hebben aangedaan. Want ze hebben in Juda onschuldige mensen gedood. 20 Maar Juda zal eeuwig blijven bestaan. Jeruzalem zal door alle eeuwen heen blijven bestaan. 21 Ik zal de bewoners onschuldig verklaren, ook al waren ze schuldig. Ik, de Heer, zal op de berg Sion wonen, in Jeruzalem.
Footnotes
- Joël 3:2 Het is niet duidelijk om welk dal dit gaat. Het kan ook een symbolische naam zijn, want 'Josafat' betekent: 'de Heer spreekt recht'.
- Joël 3:12 Lees ook Openbaring 20:8 en 9.
- Joël 3:13 Met het oogsten en uitpersen van de druiven wordt Gods straf bedoeld. De mensen hebben kwaad 'gezaaid' en 'oogsten' nu hun straf daarvoor. Lees ook Openbaring 14:14-20.
- Joël 3:18 Lees ook Ezechiël 47:1-12.
Joel 3
New International Version
Joel 3
New International Version
The Nations Judged
3 [a]“In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes(A) of Judah(B) and Jerusalem,
2 I will gather(C) all nations
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[b](D)
There I will put them on trial(E)
for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(F) my people among the nations
and divided up my land.
3 They cast lots(G) for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine(H) to drink.
4 “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(I) and all you regions of Philistia?(J) 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.(K) 5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[c](L) 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(M) 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,(N) and I will return(O) on your own heads what you have done. 8 I will sell your sons(P) and daughters to the people of Judah,(Q) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(R) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(S)
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!(T)
Rouse the warriors!(U)
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks(V) into spears.(W)
Let the weakling(X) say,
“I am strong!”(Y)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble(Z) there.
Bring down your warriors,(AA) Lord!
12 “Let the nations be roused;
let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(AB)
for there I will sit
to judge(AC) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(AD)
for the harvest(AE) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(AF)
for the winepress(AG) is full
and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”
14 Multitudes,(AH) multitudes
in the valley(AI) of decision!
For the day of the Lord(AJ) is near
in the valley of decision.(AK)
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.(AL)
16 The Lord will roar(AM) from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem;(AN)
the earth and the heavens will tremble.(AO)
But the Lord will be a refuge(AP) for his people,
a stronghold(AQ) for the people of Israel.
Blessings for God’s People
17 “Then you will know(AR) that I, the Lord your God,(AS)
dwell in Zion,(AT) my holy hill.(AU)
Jerusalem will be holy;(AV)
never again will foreigners invade her.(AW)
18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(AX)
and the hills will flow with milk;(AY)
all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(AZ)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(BA)
and will water the valley of acacias.[d](BB)
19 But Egypt(BC) will be desolate,
Edom(BD) a desert waste,
because of violence(BE) done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever(BF)
and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(BG)
No, I will not.(BH)”
The Lord dwells in Zion!(BI)
Joel 3
New King James Version
Joel 3
New King James Version
God Judges the Nations
3 “For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 (B)I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I (C)will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
3 They have (D)cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4 “Indeed, what have you to do with Me,
(E)O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia?
Will you [a]retaliate against Me?
But if you [b]retaliate against Me,
Swiftly and speedily I will return your [c]retaliation upon your own head;
5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold,
And have carried into your temples My [d]prized possessions.
6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.
7 “Behold, (F)I will raise them
Out of the place to which you have sold them,
And will return your [e]retaliation upon your own head.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters
Into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the (G)Sabeans,[f]
To a people (H)far off;
For the Lord has spoken.”
9 (I)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 (J)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your [g]pruning hooks into spears;
(K)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (L)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (M)judge all the surrounding nations.
13 (N)Put in the sickle, for (O)the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the (P)winepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For (Q)the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
16 The Lord also will roar from Zion,
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
(R)But the Lord will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.
17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My (S)holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
God Blesses His People
18 And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A (T)fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of [h]Acacias.
19 “Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate wilderness,
Because of violence against the people of Judah,
For they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall abide forever,
And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will (U)acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted;
For the Lord dwells in Zion.”
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