Home Prior Books Index
←Prev   Joel 3 as rendered by/in  Next→ 

Did you notice?
 You can SEARCH IslamAwakened: 

3:1  The Lord says, “At that time I will restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem.
3:2  I will gather all the nations and bring them to the Valley of Judgment. There I will judge them for all they have done to my people. They have scattered the Israelites in foreign countries and divided Israel, my land.
3:3  They threw dice to decide who would get the captives. They sold boys and girls into slavery to pay for prostitutes and wine.
3:4  “What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!
3:5  You have taken my silver and gold and carried my rich treasures into your temples.
3:6  You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.
3:7  Now I am going to bring them out of the places to which you have sold them. I will do to you what you have done to them.
3:8  I will let your sons and daughters be sold to the people of Judah; they will sell them to the far-off Sabeans. I, the Lord, have spoken.
3:9  “Make this announcement among the nations: ‘Prepare for war; call your warriors; gather all your soldiers and march!
3:10  Hammer the points of your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Even the weak must fight.
3:11  Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather in the valley.’” Send down, O Lord, your army to attack them!
3:12  “The nations must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There I, the Lord, will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
3:13  They are very wicked; cut them down like grain at harvest time; crush them as grapes are crushed in a full wine press until the wine runs over.”
3:14  Thousands and thousands are in the Valley of Judgment. It is there that the day of the Lord will soon come.
3:15  The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.
3:16  The Lord roars from Mount Zion; his voice thunders from Jerusalem; earth and sky tremble. But he will defend his people.
3:17  “Then, Israel, you will know that I am the Lord your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred city; foreigners will never conquer it again.
3:18  At that time the mountains will be covered with vineyards, and cattle will be found on every hill; there will be plenty of water for all of Judah. A stream will flow from the Temple of the Lord, and it will water Acacia Valley.
3:19  “Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people.
3:20  I will avenge those who were killed; I will not spare the guilty. But Judah and Jerusalem will be inhabited forever, and I, the Lord, will live on Mount Zion.”
3:21  I will avenge those who were killed; I will not spare the guilty. But Judah and Jerusalem will be inhabited forever, and I, the Lord, will live on Mount Zion.”