Joel 3:9-17

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!
12 “Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow— so great is their wickedness!”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the heavens will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People

17 “Then you will know that I, the LORD your God, dwell in Zion, my holy hill. Jerusalem will be holy; never again will foreigners invade her.

Cross References 30

  • 1. S Isaiah 8:9
  • 2. Jeremiah 46:4
  • 3. Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3
  • 4. S Numbers 25:7
  • 5. Zechariah 12:8
  • 6. S Joshua 1:6
  • 7. Ezekiel 38:15-16; Zephaniah 3:8
  • 8. S Isaiah 13:3
  • 9. S ver 2
  • 10. S Psalms 82:1; S Isaiah 2:4
  • 11. Mark 4:29
  • 12. S Isaiah 17:5; S Hosea 6:11; Matthew 13:39; Revelation 14:15-19
  • 13. S Jeremiah 25:30
  • 14. S Judges 6:11; S Revelation 14:20
  • 15. Isaiah 13:4
  • 16. S Isaiah 22:1
  • 17. Isaiah 34:2-8; S Joel 1:15; S Zephaniah 1:7
  • 18. S Isaiah 2:4; S Ezekiel 36:5
  • 19. S Job 9:7; S Ezekiel 32:7
  • 20. S Isaiah 42:13
  • 21. Amos 1:2
  • 22. S Judges 5:4; S Isaiah 14:16; S Ezekiel 38:19
  • 23. S Psalms 46:1; S Isaiah 25:4; Zechariah 12:8
  • 24. S 2 Samuel 22:3; Jeremiah 16:19; Zechariah 9:12
  • 25. S Exodus 6:7
  • 26. S Joel 2:27
  • 27. S Psalms 74:2; S Isaiah 4:3
  • 28. Psalms 2:6; S Isaiah 2:2; S Ezekiel 17:22
  • 29. S Jeremiah 31:40
  • 30. S Isaiah 52:1; S Ezekiel 44:9; Zechariah 9:8
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