Joel 3

3For, behold, ^ain those days, and in that time,

^aWhen I shall ^bbring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

^2cI will also gather all nations,

And will bring them down ^dinto the valley of Jehoshaphat,

And ^ewill plead with them there for my people and for ^fmy heritage Israel,

Whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

³And ^gthey have cast lots for my people;

And have given a boy for an harlot,

And sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

⁴Yea, and what have ye to do with me, ^hiO Tyre, and ⁱZidon,

And all ^jthe coasts of ^ikPalestine?

Will ye render me a recompence?

And if ye recompense me,

^lSwiftly and speedily ^mwill I return your recompence upon your own head;

⁵Because ⁿye have taken my silver and my gold,

And have carried into your temples my goodly ^†pleasant things:

⁶ⁿThe children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem ^ohave ye sold unto ^†pthe Grecians,

That ye might remove them far from their border.

⁷Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them,

And ^mwill return your recompence upon your own head:

⁸And ^qI will sell your sons and your daughters

Into the hand of the children of Judah,

And they shall sell them to ^rsthe Sabeans, to a people ^sfar off:

For the Lord hath spoken it.

⁹Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles;

^†Prepare war, wake up the mighty men,

Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

^10tBeat your plowshares into swords,

And ^tyour ^||pruninghooks into spears:

^uLet the weak say, I am strong.

^11vcAssemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen,

And ^cvgather yourselves together round about:

Thither ^||cause ^wthy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.

¹²Let the heathen be wakened, and come up ^dto the valley of Jehoshaphat:

For there will I sit ^xto judge all the heathen round about.

^13yPut ye in ^zthe sickle, ^yfor ^athe harvest is ripe:

Come, get you down; for ^bthe press is full, ^cthe fats overflow;

For their wickedness is great.

^14dMultitudes, multitudes ^ein the valley of ^||gdecision:

For ^hthe day of the Lord is near ^ein the valley of decision.

¹⁵ⁱThe sun and the moon shall be darkened,

ⁱAnd the stars shall withdraw their shining.

^16jThe Lord also shall roar out of Zion,

^jAnd ^kutter his voice from Jerusalem;

And ⁱthe heavens and the earth shall shake:

But the Lord will be the ^†hope of his people,

And ^lthe strength of the children of Israel.

^17mSo shall ye know that I am the Lord your God

ⁿDwelling ^oin Zion, ^opmy holy mountain:

Then shall Jerusalem be ^†holy,

And there shall ^qno strangers pass through her any more.

¹⁸And it shall come to pass ^rin that day,

That ^stthe mountains shall drop down ^unew wine,

And ^tthe hills shall ^†flow with milk,

And ^vall the rivers of Judah shall ^†flow with waters,

And ^wa fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord,

And shall water the valley of ^xShittim.

^19yEgypt shall be a desolation,

And ^zEdom shall be ^aa desolate wilderness,

For ^bthe violence against the children of Judah,

Because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

²⁰But Judah shall ^||dwell ^cfor ever,

And Jerusalem from generation to generation.

²¹For ^dI will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed:

^||For ^ethe Lord dwelleth in Zion.