Joel 3

Revised Geneva Translation

3 “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

² “I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people, and for My heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. And they parted My land.

³ “And they have cast lots for My people and have given the child for the harlot. And they sold the girl for wine, so that they might drink.

⁴ “Yea, and what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you render Me a recompense? And if you recompense Me, I will swiftly and speedily render your recompense upon your head.

⁵ “For you have taken My silver and My gold and have carried My precious and pleasant things into your temples.

⁶ “Also, you have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the Grecians, so that you might send them far from their border.

⁷ “Behold, I will raise them out of the place where you have sold them and will render your reward upon your own head.

⁸ “And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah. And they shall send them to the Sabeans, to a people far away.” For the LORD has spoken it.

⁹ “Publish this among the Gentiles: ‘Prepare war! Wake up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near and come up.

¹⁰ ‘Break your plowshares into swords, and your scythes into spears. Let the weak say, “I am strong.”

¹¹ ‘Assemble yourselves and come, all you heathen, and gather yourselves together all around.’ There shall the LORD cast down the mighty men.

¹² “Let the heathen be awakened and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the heathen all around.

¹³ “Put in your scythes, for the harvest is ripe. Come. Go down. For the winepress is full. Indeed, the winepresses run over, for their wickedness is great.”

¹⁴ O multitude! O multitude! Come into the valley of threshing! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of threshing!

¹⁵ The Sun and Moon shall be darkened. And the stars shall withdraw their light.

¹⁶ Also, the LORD shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens and the Earth shall shake. But the LORD will be the hope of His people and the strength of the children of Israel.

¹⁷ “So shall you know that I am the LORD your God, dwelling on Zion, My Holy Mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy. And no strangers shall go through her anymore.

¹⁸ “And on that day, the mountains shall drop down new wine. And the hills shall flow with milk. And all the rivers of Judah shall run with waters. And a fountain shall come forth from the House of the LORD and shall water the Valley of Shittim.

¹⁹ “Egypt shall be laid waste. And Edom shall be a desolate wilderness from the injuries of the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

²⁰ “But Judah shall dwell forever, and Jerusalem, from generation to generation.

²¹ “For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed. And the LORD will dwell in Zion.”