{"book":"Joel","slug":"joel","ch":3,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Joel","prev":"joel/2","next":"amos/1","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,","f":["Or restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Yes, in those days and at that time,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,"}],"h":"The LORD Judges the Nations","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.","f":["Jehoshaphat means the LORD judges; also in verse 12."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will gather all the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat."},{"style":"indent1","t":"There I will enter into judgment against them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"whom they have scattered among the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as they divided up My land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They cast lots for My people;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they bartered a boy for a prostitute"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and sold a girl for wine to drink."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.","f":["Or palaces"]},{"v":6,"t":"You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.","f":["Or to the peoples of Javan"]},{"v":7,"t":"Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans — to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans — to a distant nation.”"},{"style":"reg","t":"Indeed, the LORD has spoken."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"Proclaim this among the nations:“ Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"Proclaim this among the nations:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Prepare for war;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rouse the mighty men;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"let all the men of war"},{"style":"indent2","t":"advance and attack!"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say,‘ I [am] strong!’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Beat your plowshares into swords"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your pruning hooks into spears."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Let the weak say,‘ I [am] strong!’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Come quickly, all {you} surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Come quickly, all {you} surrounding nations,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and gather yourselves."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Bring down Your mighty ones,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let the nations be roused"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"for there I will sit down"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to judge all the nations on every side."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.","f":["LXX the harvest has come; see also Mark 4:29."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Swing the sickle,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the harvest is ripe."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Come, trample the grapes,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the winepress is full;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the wine vats overflow"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because their wickedness is great."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Multitudes, multitudes"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the valley of decision!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For the Day of the LORD is near"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the valley of decision."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars {will} no longer shine.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The sun and moon will grow dark,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the stars {will} no longer shine."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD will roar from Zion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and raise His voice from Jerusalem;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"heaven and earth will tremble."},{"style":"indent1","t":"But the LORD will be a refuge for His people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a stronghold for the people of Israel."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Jerusalem will be holy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"never again to be overrun by foreigners."}],"h":"Blessings for God’s People","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.","f":["Or Valley of Shittim"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the hills will flow with milk."},{"style":"indent1","t":"All the streams of Judah will run with water,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to water the Valley of Acacias."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Egypt will become desolate,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Edom a desert wasteland,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because of the violence done to the people of Judah,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in whose land they shed innocent blood."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But Judah will be inhabited forever,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Jerusalem from generation to generation."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.","f":["Or For I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not yet pardoned."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I will avenge their blood,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"which I have not yet avenged.”"},{"style":"selah","t":"For the LORD dwells in Zion."}],"style":"indent1"}]}