Joel 3

The Nations Will Be Judged

1 "For behold, 1in those days and at that time, When I 2restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will 3gather all the nations And bring them down to the 4valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will 5enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have 6scattered among the nations; And they have 7divided up My land.
3 "They have also 8cast lots for My people, 9Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
4 "Moreover, what are you to Me, O 10Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of 11Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will 12return your recompense on your head.
5 "Since you have 13taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,
6 and sold the 14sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,
7 behold, I am going to 15arouse them from the place where * you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.
8 "Also I will 16sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the 17Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken.
9 18Proclaim this among the nations: 19Prepare a war; 20rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers * draw near, let them come up!
10 21Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; 22Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."
11 23Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your 24mighty ones.
12 Let the nations be aroused And come up to the 25valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to 26judge All the surrounding nations.
13 27Put in the sickle, for the 28harvest is ripe. Come, 29tread, for the 30wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their 31wickedness is great.
14 32Multitudes, multitudes in the 33valley of decision! For the 34day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 The 35sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.
16 The LORD 36roars from Zion And 37utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the 38heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a 39refuge for His people And a 40stronghold to the sons of Israel.
17 Then you will 41know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My 42holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be 43holy, And 44strangers will pass through it no more.

Judah Will Be Blessed

18 And in that day The 45mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will 46flow with milk, And all the 47brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a 48spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the 49violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
20 But Judah will be 50inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.
21 And I will 51avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion.

Cross References 51

  • 1. Jeremiah 30:3; Ezekiel 38:14
  • 2. Jeremiah 16:15
  • 3. Isaiah 66:18; Micah 4:12; Zechariah 14:2
  • 4. Joel 3:12, 14
  • 5. Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 25:31; Ezekiel 38:22
  • 6. Jeremiah 50:17; Ezekiel 34:6
  • 7. Ezekiel 35:10; Ezekiel 36:1-5
  • 8. Obadiah 11; Nahum 3:10
  • 9. Amos 2:6
  • 10. Isaiah 23:1-18; Amos 1:9, 10; Zechariah 9:2-4; Matthew 11:21, 22; Luke 10:13, 14
  • 11. Isaiah 14:29-31; Jeremiah 47:1-7; Ezekiel 25:15-17; Amos 1:6-8; Zechariah 9:5-7
  • 12. Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 59:18
  • 13. 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 21:16, 17
  • 14. Ezekiel 27:13
  • 15. Isaiah 43:5, 6; Jeremiah 23:8; Zechariah 9:13
  • 16. Isaiah 14:2; Isaiah 60:14
  • 17. Job 1:15; Psalms 72:10; Ezekiel 38:13
  • 18. Jeremiah 51:27
  • 19. Jeremiah 6:4; Ezekiel 38:7; Micah 3:5
  • 20. Isaiah 8:9, 10; Jeremiah 46:3, 4; Zechariah 14:2, 3
  • 21. Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3
  • 22. Zechariah 12:8
  • 23. Ezekiel 38:15, 16
  • 24. Isaiah 13:3
  • 25. Joel 3:2, 14
  • 26. Psalms 7:6; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Isaiah 2:4; Isaiah 3:13
  • 27. Revelation 14:14-19
  • 28. Jeremiah 51:33; Hosea 6:11
  • 29. Revelation 14:19, 20; Revelation 19:15
  • 30. Isaiah 63:3; Lamentations 1:15
  • 31. Genesis 18:20
  • 32. Isaiah 34:2-8
  • 33. Joel 3:2, 12
  • 34. Joel 1:15; Joel 2:1, 11, 31
  • 35. Joel 2:10, 31
  • 36. Hosea 11:10; Amos 1:2
  • 37. Joel 2:11
  • 38. Ezekiel 38:19; Joel 2:10; Haggai 2:6
  • 39. Psalms 61:3; Isaiah 33:16; Jeremiah 17:17
  • 40. Jeremiah 16:19; Nahum 1:7
  • 41. Joel 2:27
  • 42. Isaiah 11:9; Isaiah 56:7; Ezekiel 20:40
  • 43. Isaiah 4:3; Obadiah 17
  • 44. Isaiah 52:1; Nahum 1:15
  • 45. Amos 9:13
  • 46. Exodus 3:8
  • 47. Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 35:6
  • 48. Ezekiel 47:1-12
  • 49. Obadiah 10
  • 50. Ezekiel 37:25; Amos 9:15
  • 51. Isaiah 4:4

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Joel 3 Commentaries

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