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Joel 3
Tree of Life Version
Joel 3
Tree of Life Version
Promise of the Ruach Adonai
3 “So it will be afterward,[a]
I will pour out My Ruach on all flesh:[b]
your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
2 “Also on the male and the female servants
will I pour out My spirit in those days.[c]
3 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth—
blood, fire and pillars of smoke.[d]
4 The sun will be turned into darkness
and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of Adonai comes.
5 Then all who call on Adonai’s Name[e] will escape,
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be rescue, as Adonai has said,
among the survivors whom Adonai is calling.”
Footnotes
- Joel 3:1 Traditional Christian texts are numbered 2:28-3:21.
- Joel 3:1 cf. Mark 1:8; Acts 2:17-21; Gal. 3:14.
- Joel 3:2 cf. 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:28.
- Joel 3:3 Cf. Matt. 24:29; Mark 13:24-25; Luke 21:11; Acts 2:19; Rev. 8:7.
- Joel 3:5 Heb. deliver, save; cf. Acts 2:17-21; Rom. 10:13.
Joel 3:1-5
New International Version
Joel 3:1-5
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)
Joel 3:1-5
King James Version
Joel 3:1-5
King James Version
3 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
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