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Joel|3:1|-|For indeed, in those days and at that timeWhen I |a|turn the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Joel|3:2|-|I will |1a|gather all the nationsAnd will bring them down to the |b|valley of |2|Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into |3|judgment with them thereBecause of My people and My inheritance Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations.And they have divided My land
Joel|3:3|-|And have cast lots for My people;And they have given a boy for a prostitute
And sold a girl for wine to drink.
Joel|3:4|-|Indeed then, what are you to Me, Tyre and SidonAnd all the regions of Philistia?
Will you repay Me with a recompense?But if you recompense Me,
Swiftly, speedily,I will return your recompense upon your own head.
Joel|3:5|-|In that you have taken My silver and My gold,And have brought My fine precious things into your temples,
Joel|3:6|-|And have sold to the children of the |1|JavanimThe children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem,
In order to remove themFar from their borders;
Joel|3:7|-|I will rouse them out of the placeTo which you have sold them,
And will return your recompense upon your own head.
Joel|3:8|-|And I will sell your sons and your daughtersInto the hand of the children of Judah,
And they will sell them to the Sabeans,To a nation that is far off,
For Jehovah has spoken.
Joel|3:9|-|Proclaim this among the |a|nations:Prepare the battle;
|b|Rouse the mighty men;Let all the men of battle
Draw near; let them go up.
Joel|3:10|-|Beat your |a|plowshares into swords,And your pruning knives into spears;
Let the weak say,I am mighty.
Joel|3:11|-|Hurry and come,All you surrounding nations,
And be gathered.There cause Your |1|mighty ones to |a|descend, O Jehovah!
Joel|3:12|-|Let the nations rouse themselves and come upTo the |a|valley of Jehoshaphat.
For there I will sit to judgeAll the surrounding |b|nations.
Joel|3:13|-|Send forth the |a|sickle,For the harvest is ripe;
Come, tread,For the |b|winepress is full;
The wine vats overflow,For their evil is great.
Joel|3:14|-|Multitudes, multitudes,In the valley of decision;
For the |a|day of Jehovah has drawn nearIn the valley of decision.
Joel|3:15|-|The |a|sun and the moon grow dark,And the stars withdraw their shining.
Joel|3:16|-||a|And Jehovah will roar from Zion,And from Jerusalem He will utter His voice,
And the heavens and the earth will shake.But Jehovah will be a |1b|shelter to His people
And a |1|stronghold to the children of Israel.
Joel|3:17|-|Thus you will know that I am Jehovah your God,|a|Dwelling in Zion, My |b|holy mountain.
And Jerusalem will be holy,And strangers will pass through her no longer.
Joel|3:18|-|And in that day|1|The mountains will drop down |a|fresh wine,
And the hills will |b|flow with milk;And all the waterways of Judah
Will flow with water,And a |2c|fountain will go forth from the house of Jehovah,
And it will water the valley of Shittim.
Joel|3:19|-||1a|Egypt will be a desolation,And |b|Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
Because of the violence against the children of Judah,In that they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Joel|3:20|-|But Judah will abide forever,And Jerusalem, from generation to generation;
Joel|3:21|-|And I will acquit them of their bloodshed that I had not acquitted them of,For Jehovah |a|dwells in Zion.
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