Joel 3:1; Joel 3:6; Joel 3:8; Joel 3:16-20

Joel 3:1

1 "In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem,

Joel 3:6

6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem into slavery to the Greeks in faraway places.

Joel 3:8

8 I'll sell your children as slaves to your neighbors, And they'll sell them to the far-off Sabeans."

Joel 3:16-20

16 God roars from Zion, shouts from Jerusalem. Earth and sky quake in terror. But God is a safe hiding place, a granite safe house for the children of Israel.

17 Then you'll know for sure that I'm your God, Living in Zion, my sacred mountain. Jerusalem will be a sacred city, posted: 'no trespassing.'

18 "What a day! Wine streaming off the mountains, Milk rivering out of the hills, water flowing everywhere in Judah, A fountain pouring out of God's Sanctuary, watering all the parks and gardens!

19 But Egypt will be reduced to weeds in a vacant lot, Edom turned into barren badlands, All because of brutalities to the Judean people, the atrocities and murders of helpless innocents.

20 Meanwhile, Judah will be filled with people, Jerusalem inhabited forever.