Joel 3:1

Yahweh’s Judgment on the Nations

1 For look! In those days, and in that time, when I will return the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

Joel 3:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joel 3:1

For, behold, in those days, and at that time
Which Kimchi refers to the times of the Messiah; and is true of the latter times of the Messiah, of his spiritual reign yet to come: when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem:
not from the Edomites, Tyrians, and Philistines, that had carried them captive in the times of Ahaz; nor from Babylon, where they had been carried captive by Nebuchadnezzar; for nothing of what is after foretold followed upon the return of these captivities: but this designs the present captivity of the Jews, and the restoration of them to their own land; of which see ( Isaiah 52:8 ) ( Jeremiah 30:3 Jeremiah 30:9 Jeremiah 30:18-21 ) .

Joel 3:1 In-Context

1 For look! In those days, and in that time, when I will return the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will argue {a case against them} there concerning my people and my inheritance Israel whom they have scattered among the nations, and my land [that] they have divided.

3 For my people they cast lots, and {they traded} the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank [it].

4 What [are] you to me, [O] Tyre and [O] Sidon, and all of the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying to me what is deserved? If you [are] recompensing me, I will return swiftly [and] quickly what you deserve on your head!

5 For you have taken my silver and my gold, and my beautiful treasures you have carried into your temples.

Footnotes

• [a] Joel 3:1-21 in the English Bible is 4:1-21 in the Hebrew Bible
• [b] Or "restore"