Joel 3
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1For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem. 1"In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2Then I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment against them there concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance, whom they scattered among the nations. They partitioned my land, 2I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel, because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
3and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. 3They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine to drink.
4Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! 4"Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? 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.
5For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces. 5For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.
6You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country. 6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
7Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done! 7"See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done.
8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the LORD has spoken! 8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away." The LORD has spoken.
9Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack! 9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!' 10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, "I am strong!"
11Lend your aid and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves to that place." Bring down, O LORD, your warriors! 11Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, LORD!
12Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations. 12"Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
13Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow. Indeed, their evil is great! 13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow-- so great is their wickedness!"
14Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision! 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness. 15The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
16The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel. 16The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17You will be convinced that I the LORD am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy--conquering armies will no longer pass through it. 17"Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.
18On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees. 18"In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the LORD's house and will water the valley of acacias.
19Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. 19But Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next. 20Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations.
21I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the LORD who dwells in Zion! 21Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged? No, I will not." The LORD dwells in Zion!
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