Joel 3

1 ♥ 📝 F or, behold, in those days,^H3117 and in that time,^H6256 when I shall bring back^H7725 the captivity^H7622 of Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem,^H3389

2 ♥ 📝 I will gather^H6908 all nations,^H1471 and will bring them down^H3381 into the valley^H6010 of Jehoshaphat;^H3092 and I will execute judgment^H8199 upon them there for my people^H5971 and for my heritage^H5159 Israel,^H3478 whom they have scattered^H6340 among the nations:^H1471 and they have parted^H2505 my land,^H776

3 ♥ 📝 and have cast^H3032 lots^H1486 for my people,^H5971 and have given^H5414 a boy^H3206 for a harlot,^H2181 and sold^H4376 a girl^H3207 for wine,^H3196 that they may drink.^H8354

4 ♥ 📝 Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre,^H6865 and Sidon,^H6721 and all the regions^H1552 of Philistia?^H6429 will ye render^H7999 me a recompense?^H1576 and if ye recompense^H1580 me, swiftly^H7031 and speedily^H4120 will I return^H7725 your recompense^H1576 upon your own head.^H7218

5 ♥ 📝 Forasmuch as ye have taken^H3947 my silver^H3701 and my gold,^H2091 and have carried^H935 into your temples^H1964 my goodly^H2896 precious things,^H4261

6 ♥ 📝 and have sold^H4376 the children^H1121 of Judah^H3063 and the children^H1121 of Jerusalem^H3389 unto the sons of the Grecians,^H3125 that ye may remove them far^H7368 from their border;^H1366

7 ♥ 📝 behold, I will stir^H5782 them up out of the place^H4725 whither ye have sold^H4376 them, and will return^H7725 your recompense^H1576 upon your own head;^H7218

8 ♥ 📝 and I will sell^H4376 your sons^H1121 and your daughters^H1323 into the hand^H3027 of the children^H1121 of Judah,^H3063 and they shall sell^H4376 them to the men of Sheba,^H7615 to a nation^H1471 far off:^H7350 for Jehovah^H3068 hath spoken^H1696 it.

9 ♥ 📝 Proclaim^H7121 ye this among the nations;^H1471 prepare^H6942 war;^H4421 stir up^H5782 the mighty men;^H1368 let all the men^H582 of war^H4421 draw near,^H5066 let them come up.^H5927

10 ♥ 📝 Beat^H3807 your plowshares^H855 into swords,^H2719 and your pruning-hooks^H4211 into spears:^H7420 let the weak^H2523 say,^H559 I am strong.^H1368

11 ♥ 📝 Haste^H5789 ye, and come,^H935 all ye nations^H1471 round about, and gather yourselves together:^H6908 thither^H5439 cause thy mighty ones^H1368 to come down,^H5181 O Jehovah.^H3068

12 ♥ 📝 Let the nations^H1471 bestir^H5782 themselves, and come up^H5927 to the valley^H6010 of Jehoshaphat;^H3092 for there will I sit^H3427 to judge^H8199 all the nations^H1471 round about.^H5439

13 ♥ 📝 Put^H7971 ye in the sickle;^H4038 for the harvest^H7105 is ripe:^H1310 come,^H935 tread^H3381 ye; for the winepress^H1660 is full,^H4390 the vats^H3342 overflow;^H7783 for their wickedness^H7451 is great.^H7227

14 ♥ 📝 Multitudes,^H1995 multitudes^H1995 in the valley^H6010 of decision!^H2742 for the day^H3117 of Jehovah^H3068 is near^H7138 in the valley^H6010 of decision.^H2742

15 ♥ 📝 The sun^H8121 and the moon^H3394 are darkened,^H6937 and the stars^H3556 withdraw^H622 their shining.^H5051

16 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 will roar^H7580 from Zion,^H6726 and utter^H5414 his voice^H6963 from Jerusalem;^H3389 and the heavens^H8064 and the earth^H776 shall shake:^H7493 but Jehovah^H3068 will be a refuge^H4268 unto his people,^H5971 and a stronghold^H4581 to the children^H1121 of Israel.^H3478

17 ♥ 📝 So shall ye know^H3045 that I am Jehovah^H3068 your God,^H430 dwelling^H7931 in Zion^H6726 my holy^H6944 mountain:^H2022 then shall Jerusalem^H3389 be holy,^H6944 and there shall no strangers^H2114 pass through^H5674 her any more.

18 ♥ 📝 And it shall come to pass in that day,^H3117 that the mountains^H2022 shall drop down^H5197 sweet wine,^H6071 and the hills^H1389 shall flow^H3212 with milk,^H2461 and all the brooks^H650 of Judah^H3063 shall flow^H3212 with waters;^H4325 and a fountain^H4599 shall come forth^H3318 from the house^H1004 of Jehovah,^H3068 and shall water^H8248 the valley^H5158 of Shittim.^H7851

19 ♥ 📝 Egypt^H4714 shall be a desolation,^H8077 and Edom^H123 shall be a desolate^H8077 wilderness,^H4057 for the violence^H2555 done to the children^H1121 of Judah,^H3063 because they have shed^H8210 innocent^H5355 blood^H1818 in their land.^H776

20 ♥ 📝 But Judah^H3063 shall abide^H3427 for ever,^H5769 and Jerusalem^H3389 from generation^H1755 to generation.^H1755

21 ♥ 📝 And I will cleanse^H5352 their blood,^H1818 that I have not cleansed:^H5352 for Jehovah^H3068 dwelleth^H7931 in Zion.^H6726