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Joel 3

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ [1]Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, ⓐ

² I will gather all the nations ⓑ and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. [2] ⓒ I will enter into judgment with them there ⓓ because of My people, My inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries ⓔ and divided up My land. ⓕ

³ They cast lots for My people; ⓖ they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. ⓗ

⁴ And also: Tyre, ⓘ Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia ⓙ — what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads. ⓚ

⁵ For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasures ⓛ to your temples.

⁶ You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks ⓜ to remove them far from their own territory.

⁷ Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; ⓝ I will bring retribution on your heads.

⁸ I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, ⓞ and they will sell them to the Sabeans, [3] ⓟ to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken.

⁹ Proclaim this among the nations: ⓠ Prepare for holy war; ⓡ rouse the warriors; ⓢ let all the men of war advance and attack!

¹⁰ Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. ⓣ Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”

¹¹ Come quickly, [4] all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. ⓤ Bring down Your warriors there, LORD. ⓥ

¹² Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations. ⓦ

¹³ Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. ⓧ Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; ⓨ the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is great. ⓩ

¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes ⓐ in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near ⓑ in the valley of decision.

¹⁵ The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining. ⓒ

¹⁶ The LORD will roar from Zion ⓓ and raise His voice from Jerusalem; ⓔ heaven and earth will shake. ⓕ But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, ⓖ a stronghold for the Israelites. ⓗ

¹⁷ Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God, ⓘ who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. ⓙ Jerusalem will be holy, ⓚ and foreigners will never overrun it again. ⓛ

¹⁸ In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, ⓜ and the hills will flow with milk. ⓝ All the streams of Judah will flow with water, ⓞ and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house, ⓟ watering the Valley of Acacias. [5] ⓠ

¹⁹ 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.

²⁰ But Judah will be inhabited forever, ⓢ and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

²¹ I will pardon their bloodguilt, [6] ⓣ which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion.

#	HCSB
1	[1]Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, ⓐ
2	I will gather all the nations ⓑ and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. [2] ⓒ I will enter into judgment with them there ⓓ because of My people, My inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries ⓔ and divided up My land. ⓕ
3	They cast lots for My people; ⓖ they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. ⓗ
4	And also: Tyre, ⓘ Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia ⓙ — what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads. ⓚ
5	For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasures ⓛ to your temples.
6	You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks ⓜ to remove them far from their own territory.
7	Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; ⓝ I will bring retribution on your heads.
8	I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, ⓞ and they will sell them to the Sabeans, [3] ⓟ to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken.
9	Proclaim this among the nations: ⓠ Prepare for holy war; ⓡ rouse the warriors; ⓢ let all the men of war advance and attack!
10	Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. ⓣ Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”
11	Come quickly, [4] all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. ⓤ Bring down Your warriors there, LORD. ⓥ
12	Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations. ⓦ
13	Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. ⓧ Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; ⓨ the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is great. ⓩ
14	Multitudes, multitudes ⓐ in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near ⓑ in the valley of decision.
15	The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining. ⓒ
16	The LORD will roar from Zion ⓓ and raise His voice from Jerusalem; ⓔ heaven and earth will shake. ⓕ But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, ⓖ a stronghold for the Israelites. ⓗ
17	Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God, ⓘ who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. ⓙ Jerusalem will be holy, ⓚ and foreigners will never overrun it again. ⓛ
18	In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, ⓜ and the hills will flow with milk. ⓝ All the streams of Judah will flow with water, ⓞ and a spring will issue from the LORD’s house, ⓟ watering the Valley of Acacias. [5] ⓠ
19	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.
20	But Judah will be inhabited forever, ⓢ and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21	I will pardon their bloodguilt, [6] ⓣ which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion.

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^{Joel 3:1 [8]} In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.

^{Joel 3:2 [9]} Jehoshaphat means the LORD judges; also in verse 12.

^{Joel 3:5 [10]} Or palaces

^{Joel 3:18 [11]} Or Valley of Shittim

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