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    Joel · 21 verses

    Joel 3

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    A boy is bartered for a prostitute, a girl for wine, and the reckoning that follows is conducted on the scale of nations.

    The scattered inheritancevv. 1–8

    The LORD promises to restore Judah and Jerusalem, then gathers the nations into the Valley of Jehoshaphat to answer for scattering Israel and dividing the land. The prices paid for human beings are presented with a dreadful neatness: a boy for a prostitute, a girl for wine. Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia are accused of carrying away silver, gold, and treasures, and of selling Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks; their sons and daughters will in turn be sold to the Sabeans.

    The valley of decisionvv. 9–16

    The nations are summoned to war, with plowshares and pruning hooks turned into swords and spears, while even the weak are told to declare strength. They are drawn toward the Valley of Jehoshaphat, where the LORD sits to judge. The language changes from battlefield to harvest: sickle, grapes, winepress, overflowing vats. Multitudes fill the valley, the lights of heaven fail, and the LORD roars from Zion and Jerusalem.

    Water in the dry countryvv. 17–21

    Jerusalem is declared holy, and foreigners will no longer overrun it. Then the scenery takes an extravagant turn: mountains drip with sweet wine, hills flow with milk, Judah's streams run with water, and a spring from the LORD's house waters the Valley of Acacias. Egypt becomes desolate and Edom a wasteland because of violence against Judah, while Judah and Jerusalem remain inhabited from generation to generation. The final word is that the LORD will avenge blood not yet avenged, and still dwells in Zion.

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    1. Joel 3:1“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

    2. Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.

    3. Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

    4. Joel 3:4Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

    5. Joel 3:5For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

    6. Joel 3:6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

    7. Joel 3:7Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

    8. Joel 3:8I 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.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

    9. Joel 3:9Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

    10. Joel 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

    11. Joel 3:11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.

    12. Joel 3:12Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

    13. Joel 3:13Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

    14. Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

    15. Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

    16. Joel 3:16The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

    17. Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

    18. Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

    19. Joel 3:19Egypt 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.

    20. Joel 3:20But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

    21. Joel 3:21For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 268 passages were voted onto 21 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 1Zephaniah 3:19–20Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
    • 1Jeremiah 30:3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
    • 1Ezekiel 39:25Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
    • 1Amos 9:14I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
    • 1Psalms 85:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
    • 1Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
    • 10Zechariah 12:8On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
    • 1Ezekiel 38:14–18Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?
    • 1Jeremiah 16:15Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
    • 1Psalms 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
    • 10Micah 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
    • 16Joel 2:10–11Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
    • 16Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
    • 10Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
    • 1Joel 2:29Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
    • 12 Chronicles 6:37–38and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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