Yuēĕrshū 3:17-21

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 3:17-21 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.