Joel 3:1-8 (Holman Christian Standard)

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Judgment of the Nations

1 ^a Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,^b 2 I will gather all the nations and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.^c 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;^d 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.^e 5 For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasures^f to your temples. 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks^g 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,^h to a distant nation, for the Lord has spoken.

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