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Joel 3

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Joel 3 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

“For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

ASV: 1ASV

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

WEB: 2WEB

I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

ASV: 2ASV

I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,

WEB: 3WEB

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

ASV: 3ASV

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

WEB: 4WEB

“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

ASV: 4ASV

Yea, and what are ye to me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head.

WEB: 5WEB

Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,

ASV: 5ASV

Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

WEB: 6WEB

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

ASV: 6ASV

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

WEB: 7WEB

Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;

ASV: 7ASV

behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;

WEB: 8WEB

and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for the LORD has spoken it.”

ASV: 8ASV

and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

WEB: 9WEB

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.

ASV: 9ASV

Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

WEB: 10WEB

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

ASV: 10ASV

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

WEB: 11WEB

Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down there, LORD.

ASV: 11ASV

Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

WEB: 12WEB

“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

ASV: 12ASV

Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

WEB: 13WEB

Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”

ASV: 13ASV

Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

WEB: 14WEB

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

ASV: 14ASV

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

WEB: 15WEB

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

ASV: 15ASV

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

WEB: 16WEB

The LORD will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but the LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

ASV: 16ASV

And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

WEB: 17WEB

“So you will know that I am the LORD, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.

ASV: 17ASV

So shall ye know that I am Jehovah your God, dwelling in Zion my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

WEB: 18WEB

It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will flow out from the LORD’s house, and will water the valley of Shittim.

ASV: 18ASV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

WEB: 19WEB

Egypt will be a desolation and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

ASV: 19ASV

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

WEB: 20WEB

But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

ASV: 20ASV

But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

WEB: 21WEB

I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for the LORD dwells in Zion.”

ASV: 21ASV

And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.