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Joel, Chapter 3

¹ “^a Ch 4:1 in HebFor behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,	1 Jer 30:3 Eze 38:14 Jer 16:15
² I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of^b I.e. YHWH judgesJehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land.	2 Isa 66:18 Mic 4:12 Zec 14:2 Joe 3:12 Joe 3:14 Isa 66:16 Jer 25:31 Eze 38:22 Jer 50:17 Eze 34:6 Eze 35:10 Eze 36:1-5
³ “They have also cast lots for My people, ^c Lit GivenTraded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.	3 Oba 1:11 Nah 3:10 Amo 2:6
⁴ Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head. ⁵ Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious^d Lit goodly thingstreasures to your temples, ⁶ and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the^e Lit sons of JavanGreeks in order to remove them far from their territory, ⁷ behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. ⁸ Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the LORD has spoken.	4 Isa 23:1-18 Amo 1:9 Amo 1:10 Zec 9:2-4 Mat 11:21 Mat 11:22 Luk 10:13 Luk 10:14 Isa 14:29-31 Jer 47:1-7 Eze 25:15-17 Amo 1:6-8 Zec 9:5-7 Isa 34:8 Isa 59:18 5 Ki2 12:18 Ch2 21:16 Ch2 21:17 6 Eze 27:13 7 Isa 43:5 Isa 43:6 Jer 23:8 Zec 9:13 8 Isa 14:2 Isa 60:14 Job 1:15 Psa 72:10 Eze 38:13
⁹ Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!	9 Jer 51:27 Jer 6:4 Eze 38:7 Mic 3:5 Isa 8:9 Isa 8:10 Jer 46:3 Jer 46:4 Zec 14:2 Zec 14:3
¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”	10 Isa 2:4 Mic 4:3 Zec 12:8
¹¹ ^f Or Lend aidHasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones.	11 Eze 38:15 Eze 38:16 Isa 13:3
¹² Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of^g I.e. YHWH judgesJehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.	12 Joe 3:2 Joe 3:14 Psa 7:6 Psa 96:13 Psa 98:9 Isa 2:4 Isa 3:13
¹³ Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.	13 Rev 14:14-19 Jer 51:33 Hos 6:11 Rev 14:19 Rev 14:20 Rev 19:15 Isa 63:3 Ljr 1:15 Gen 18:20
¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of^h I.e. God’s verdictdecision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley ofⁱ I.e. God’s verdictdecision.	14 Isa 34:2-8 Joe 3:2 Joe 3:12 Joe 1:15 Joe 2:1 Joe 2:11 Joe 2:31
¹⁵ The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.	15 Joe 2:10 Joe 2:31
¹⁶ The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.	16 Hos 11:10 Amo 1:2 Joe 2:11 Eze 38:19 Joe 2:10 Hag 2:6 Psa 61:3 Isa 33:16 Jer 17:17 Jer 16:19 Nah 1:7
¹⁷ Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more.	17 Joe 2:27 Isa 11:9 Isa 56:7 Eze 20:40 Isa 4:3 Oba 1:17 Isa 52:1 Nah 1:15
¹⁸ And in that day The mountains will drip with^j Lit freshly pressed out grape juicesweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of^k Or acaciasShittim.	18 Amo 9:13 Exo 3:8 Isa 30:25 Isa 35:6 Eze 47:1-12
¹⁹ Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence^l Lit of the sonsdone to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.	19 Oba 1:10
²⁰ But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.	20 Eze 37:25 Amo 9:15
²¹ And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion.	21 Isa 4:4


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