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Joel 3
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1“For, behold, in those days,
- and in that time,
- when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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2I 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,
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3and have cast lots for my people,
- and have given a boy for a prostitute,
- and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
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4“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.
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5Because you have taken my silver and my gold,
- and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
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6and 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.
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7Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them,
- and will return your repayment on your own head;
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8and 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 Yahweh has spoken it.”
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9Proclaim this among the nations:
- “Prepare for war!
- Stir up the mighty men.
- Let all the warriors draw near.
- Let them come up.
10Beat your plowshares into swords,
- and your pruning hooks into spears.
- Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
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11Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
- and gather yourselves together.”
- Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
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12“Let the nations arouse themselves,
- and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
- for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
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13Put in the sickle;
- for the harvest is ripe.
- Come, tread, for the winepress is full,
- the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
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14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
- For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
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15The sun and the moon are darkened,
- and the stars withdraw their shining.
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16Yahweh will roar from Zion,
- and thunder from Jerusalem;
- and the heavens and the earth will shake;
- but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people,
- and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
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17“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God,
- dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
- Then Jerusalem will be holy,
- and no strangers will pass through her any more.
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18It 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 come forth from the house of Yahweh,
- and will water the valley of Shittim.
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19Egypt 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.
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20But Judah will be inhabited forever,
- and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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21I will cleanse their blood,
- that I have not cleansed:
- for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
