Yuēĕrshū 3

1 Dào nà rì , wǒ shǐ Yóudà hé Yēlùsǎlĕng beìlǔ zhī rén guī huí de shíhou ,

2 Wǒ yào jùjí wàn mín , daì tāmen xià dào Yuēshāfǎ gǔ . zaì nàli shīxíng shĕnpàn , yīnwei tāmen jiāng wǒde bǎixìng , jiù shì wǒde chǎnyè Yǐsèliè , fēnsàn zaì liè guó zhōng , yòu fēn qǔ wǒde dì tǔ ,

3 Qiĕ wèi wǒde bǎixìng niānjiū , jiāng tóngzǐ huàn jìnǚ , maì tóngnǚ mǎi jiǔ hē .

4 Tuīluó , Xīdùn , hé Fēilìshì sì jìng de rén nǎ , nǐmen yǔ wǒ hé gān . nǐmen yào bàofù wǒ ma . ruò bàofù wǒ , wǒ bì shǐ bàoyìng sù sù guī dào nǐmen de tóu shang .

5 Nǐmen jìrán duó qǔ wǒde jīn yín , yòu jiāng wǒ kĕaì de bǎowù daì rù nǐmen gōngdiàn , ( huò zuò miào zhōng ) ,

6 Bìng jiāng Yóudà rén , hé Yēlùsǎlĕng rén , maì gĕi xī là rén ( yuánwén shì Yǎwán rén ) , shǐ tāmen yuǎn lí zìjǐ de jìngjiè .

7 Wǒ bì jīdòng tāmen líkāi nǐmen suǒ maì dào zhī dì , yòu bì shǐ bàoyìng guī dào nǐmen de tóu shang .

8 Wǒ bìjiāng nǐmen de érnǚ maì zaì Yóudà rén de shǒu zhōng , tāmen bì maì gĕi yuǎnfāng Shìbā guó de rén . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

9 Dāng zaì wàn mín zhōng xuāngào shuō , yào yùbeì dǎzhàng . jīdòng yǒng shì . shǐ yīqiè zhànshì shang qián lái .

10 Yào jiāng lí tóu dá chéng dāo jiàn , jiāng lián dāo dá chéng gē maó . ruǎnfuò de yào shuō , wǒ yǒu yǒng lì .

11 Sìwéi de liè guó a , nǐmen yào sù sù dì lái , yītóng jùjí . Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ shǐ nǐde dà néng zhĕ jiànglín .

12 Wàn mín dōu dāng xīngqǐ , shang dào Yuēshāfǎ gǔ . yīnwei wǒ bì zuò zaì nàli , shĕnpàn sìwéi de liè guó .

13 Kāi lián ba . yīnwei zhuāngjia shú le . jiàntà ba . yīnwei jiǔ zhà mǎn le , jiǔ chí yíng yì . tāmende zuìè shén dà .

14 Xǔduō xǔduō de rén zaì duàndìng gǔ . yīnwei Yēhéhuá de rìzi línjìn duàndìng gǔ .

15 Rì yuè hūn àn , xīng xiǔ wú guāng .

16 Yēhéhuá bì cóng Xī \'ān hǒu jiào , cóng Yēlùsǎlĕng fā shēng . tiāndì jiù zhèndòng . Yēhéhuá què yào zuò tā bǎixìng de bìnàn suǒ , zuò Yǐsèliè rén de bǎo zhàng .

17 Nǐmen jiù zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá nǐmen de shén , qiĕ yòu zhù zaì Xī \'ān wǒde shèng shān . nàshí , Yēlùsǎlĕng bì chéngwéi shèng , waìbāngrén bú zaì cóng qízhōng jīngguò .

18 Dào nà rì , dà shān yào dī tián jiǔ . xiǎo shān yào liú nǎi zǐ , Yóudà xī hé dōu yǒu shuǐ liú . bì yǒu quányuán cóng Yēhéhuá de diàn zhōng liú chūlai , zīrùn shén tíng gǔ .

19 Āijí bìrán huāngliáng , Yǐdōng biàn wèi qī liáng de kuàngyĕ , dōu yīn xiàng Yóudà rén suǒ xíng de qiángbào , yòu yīn zaì bĕn dì liú wúgū rén de xuè .

20 Dàn Yóudà bì cún dào yǒngyuǎn , Yēlùsǎlĕng bì cún dào wàn daì .

21 Wǒ wèicéng bàofù ( huò zuò xǐ chú xià tóng ) liúxuè de zuì , xiànzaì wǒ yào bàofù . yīnwei Yēhéhuá zhù zaì Xī \'ān .

Yuēĕrshū 3 Commentary

Chapter 3

God's judgments in the latter days. (1-8) The extent of these judgments. (9-17) The blessings the church shall enjoy. (18-21)

Verses 1-8 The restoration of the Jews, and the final victory of true religion over all opposers, appear to be here foretold. The contempt and scorn with which the Jews have often been treated as a people, and the little value set upon them, are noticed. None ever hardened his heart against God or his church, and prospered long.

Verses 9-17 Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from all comfort and joy. Most of the prophets foretell the same final victory of the church of God over all that oppose it. To the wicked it will be a terrible day, but to the righteous it will be a joyful day. What cause have those who possess an interest in Christ, to glory in their Strength and their Redeemer! The acceptable year of the Lord, a day of such great favour to some, will be a day of remarkable vengeance to others: let every one that is out of Christ awake, and flee from the wrath to come.

Verses 18-21 There shall be abundant Divine influences, and the gospel will spread speedily into the remotest corners of the earth. These events are predicted under significant emblems; there is a day coming, when every thing amiss shall be amended. The fountain of this plenty is in the house of God, whence the streams take rise. Christ is this Fountain; his sufferings, merit, and grace, cleanse, refresh, and make fruitful. Gospel grace, flowing from Christ, shall reach to the Gentile world, to the most remote regions, and make them abound in fruits of righteousness; and from the house of the Lord above, from his heavenly temple, flows all the good we daily taste, and hope to enjoy eternally.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JOEL 3

This chapter, which some make the fourth, contains a prophecy of God's judgments on all the antichristian nations at the time of the Jews' conversion, and the reasons of them, Joe 3:1-3; a threatening of Tyre and Zidon, by way of retaliation, for carrying the riches of the Jews into their temples, and selling their persons to the Greeks, Joe 3:4-8; an alarm to prepare for the battle of Armageddon, or the destruction that shall be made in the valley of Jehoshaphat, Joe 3:9-15; and after that an account of the happy state of the church of Christ, their safety and security, plenty, prosperity, and purity, to the end of the world, Joe 3:16-21.