Joel 3 : 1 (HCSB)
Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
Joel 3 : 2 (HCSB)
I will gather all the nations and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment with them there because of My people, My inheritance Israel. The nations have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries and divided up My land.
Joel 3 : 3 (HCSB)
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
Joel 3 : 4 (HCSB)
And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia-- what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.
Joel 3 : 5 (HCSB)
For you took My silver and gold and carried My finest treasures to your temples.
Joel 3 : 6 (HCSB)
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory.
Joel 3 : 7 (HCSB)
Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them; I will bring retribution on your heads.
Joel 3 : 8 (HCSB)
I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation, for the LORD has spoken.
Joel 3 : 9 (HCSB)
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; rouse the warriors; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Joel 3 : 10 (HCSB)
Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say: I am a warrior.
Joel 3 : 11 (HCSB)
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations; gather yourselves. Bring down Your warriors there, LORD.
Joel 3 : 12 (HCSB)
Let the nations be roused and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the surrounding nations.
Joel 3 : 13 (HCSB)
Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. Come and trample *the grapes because the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is great.
Joel 3 : 14 (HCSB)
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Joel 3 : 15 (HCSB)
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will cease their shining.
Joel 3 : 16 (HCSB)
The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will shake. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the Israelites.
Joel 3 : 17 (HCSB)
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, and foreigners will never overrun it again.
Joel 3 : 18 (HCSB)
In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the LORD's house, watering the Valley of Acacias.
Joel 3 : 19 (HCSB)
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence *done to the people of Judah in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Joel 3 : 20 (HCSB)
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Joel 3 : 21 (HCSB)
I will pardon their bloodguilt, *which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion.
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