Yuēĕrshū 3:1-16

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 .

Yuēĕrshū 3:1-16 Meaning and Commentary

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.

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