Joel 2:28-3:21

New American Standard Bible

²⁸ “^[a](A)It will come about after this
That I will ^(B)pour out My Spirit on all ^[b](C)mankind;
And your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
Your old men will have dreams,
Your young men will see visions.
²⁹ And even on the ^(D)male and female servants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

³⁰ I will ^[c](E)display wonders in the sky and on the earth,
Blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
³¹ The ^(F)sun will be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the ^(G)great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
³² And it will come about that ^(H)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
Will ^[d]be saved;
For ^(I)on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who ^(J)escape,
Just as the Lord has said,
Even among the ^(K)survivors whom the Lord calls.

3 “^[e]For behold, ^(L)in those days and at that time,
When I ^(M)restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
² I will ^(N)gather all the nations
And bring them down to the ^(O)Valley of ^[f]Jehoshaphat.
Then I will ^(P)enter into judgment with them there
On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel,
Whom they have ^(Q)scattered among the nations;
And they have ^(R)divided up My land.
³ They have also ^(S)cast lots for My people,
^[g](T)Traded a boy for a prostitute,
And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

^9 (AC)Proclaim this among the nations:
^(AD)Prepare for holy war; ^(AE)stir up the warriors!
Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!
^10 (AF)Beat your plowshares into swords,
And your pruning hooks into spears;
^(AG)Let the weak man say, “I am a warrior.”
^11 [j](AH)Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there.
Bring down, Lord, Your ^(AI)warriors.
¹² Let the nations be awakened
And come up to the ^(AJ)Valley of ^[k]Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to ^(AK)judge
All the surrounding nations.
^13 (AL)Put in the sickle, for the ^(AM)harvest is ripe.
Come, ^(AN)tread the grapes, for the ^(AO)wine press is full;
The vats overflow, for their ^(AP)wickedness is great.
^14 (AQ)Multitudes, multitudes in the ^(AR)valley of ^[l]decision!
For the ^(AS)day of the Lord is near in the valley of ^[m]decision.
¹⁵ The ^(AT)sun and moon have become dark,
And the stars have lost their brightness.
¹⁶ The Lord ^(AU)roars from Zion
And ^(AV)utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the ^(AW)heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is a ^(AX)refuge for His people,
And a ^(AY)stronghold for the sons of Israel.
¹⁷ Then you will ^(AZ)know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling on Zion, My ^(BA)holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be ^(BB)holy,
And ^(BC)strangers will no longer pass through it.

¹⁸ And on that day
The ^(BD)mountains will drip with ^[n]sweet wine,
And the hills will ^(BE)flow with milk,
And all the ^(BF)brooks of Judah will flow with water;
And a ^(BG)spring will go out from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of ^[o]Shittim.
¹⁹ Egypt will become a wasteland,
And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,
Because of the ^(BH)violence ^[p]done to the sons of Judah,
In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
²⁰ But Judah will be ^(BI)inhabited forever,
And Jerusalem for all generations.
²¹ And I will ^(BJ)avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the Lord dwells in Zion.