Joel 3:8-11

8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.” The LORD has spoken.

9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.

10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”

11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, LORD!

Joel 3:8-11 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.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 60:14
• 2. Isaiah 14:2
• 3. S Genesis 10:7; S 2 Chronicles 9:1
• 4. S Isaiah 23:1; S Jeremiah 30:16
• 5. S Isaiah 8:9
• 6. Jeremiah 46:4
• 7. Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3
• 8. S Numbers 25:7
• 9. Zechariah 12:8
• 10. S Joshua 1:6
• 11. Ezekiel 38:15-16; Zephaniah 3:8
• 12. S Isaiah 13:3