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Joel 3 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Judgment against Enemy Nations

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:1 - [fn]“At the time of those events,” says the LORD,
“when I restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[fn]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:3 - They threw dice[fn] to decide which of my people
would be their slaves.
They traded boys to obtain prostitutes
and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:5 - You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and have carried them off to your pagan temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:6 - You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,[fn] so they could take them far from their homeland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7 - “But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:8 - I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia,[fn] a nation far away. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:9 - Say to the nations far and wide:
“Get ready for war!
Call out your best warriors.
Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:10 - Hammer your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Train even your weaklings to be warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:11 - Come quickly, all you nations everywhere.
Gather together in the valley.”
And now, O LORD, call out your warriors!

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - “Let the nations be called to arms.
Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I, the LORD, will sit
to pronounce judgment on them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:13 - Swing the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.[fn]
Come, tread the grapes,
for the winepress is full.
The storage vats are overflowing
with the wickedness of these people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:14 - Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.
There the day of the LORD will soon arrive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:15 - The sun and moon will grow dark,
and the stars will no longer shine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 - The LORD’s voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth will shake.
But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,
a strong fortress for the people of Israel.
Blessings for God’s People

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:17 - “Then you will know that I, the LORD your God,
live in Zion, my holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be holy forever,
and foreign armies will never conquer her again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD’s Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - But Egypt will become a wasteland
and Edom will become a wilderness,
because they attacked the people of Judah
and killed innocent people in their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:20 - “But Judah will be filled with people forever,
and Jerusalem will endure through all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:21 - I will pardon my people’s crimes,
which I have not yet pardoned;
and I, the LORD, will make my home
in Jerusalem[fn] with my people.”
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Verses 3:1-21 are numbered 4:1-21 in Hebrew text.
Jehoshaphat means “the LORD judges.”
Hebrew They cast lots.
Hebrew to the peoples of Javan.
Hebrew to the Sabeans.
Greek version reads for the harvest time has come. Compare Mark 4:29.
Hebrew valley of Shittim.
Hebrew Zion.
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