Joel 33JoelJudgment of the nationsUnlocked Literal Bible

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1. The LORD Judges the Nations

2. 1ENGULBBehold, in those days and at that time, when I return the exiles of Judah and Jerusalem,BSBBSB: “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
3. 2ENGULBI will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will judge them there, because of my people and my inheritance Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, and because they divided up my land.BSBBSB: I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
4. 3ENGULBThey cast lots for my people, traded a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine so they could drink.BSBBSB: They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
5. 4ENGULBNow, why are you angry at me, Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? Even if you do repay me, I will immediately return your retribution on your own head.BSBBSB: Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
6. 5ENGULBFor you took my silver and my gold, and you brought my precious treasures into your temples.BSBBSB: For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
7. 6ENGULBYou sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, in order to remove them far from their territory.BSBBSB: You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
8. 7ENGULBLook, I am about to stir them up, out of the place where you sold them, and will return payment on your own head.BSBBSB: Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
9. 8ENGULBI will sell your sons and your daughters, by the hand of the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off, for Yahweh has spoken.”BSBBSB: I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
10. 9ENGULBProclaim this among the nations, “Prepare yourselves for war, rouse the mighty men, let them come near, let all the men of battle come up.BSBBSB: Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
11. 10ENGULBBeat your plowshares into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'BSBBSB: Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
12. 11ENGULBHurry and come, all you nearby nations, gather yourselves together there. Yahweh, bring down your mighty warriors.BSBBSB: Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
13. 12ENGULBLet the nations wake themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.BSBBSB: Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
14. 13ENGULBPut in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, crush the grapes, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their wickedness is enormous.”BSBBSB: Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
15. 14ENGULBThere is a tumult, a tumult in the Valley of Judgment. For the day of Yahweh is near in the Valley of Judgment.BSBBSB: Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
16. 15ENGULBThe sun and the moon become dark, the stars keep back their brightness.BSBBSB: The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
17. 16ENGULBYahweh will roar from Zion, and raise his voice from Jerusalem. The heavens and earth will shake, but Yahweh will be a shelter for his people, and a fortress for the people of Israel.BSBBSB: The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

18. Blessings for God’s People

19. 17ENGULB“So you will know that I am Yahweh your God who lives in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no army will march through her again.BSBBSB: Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
20. 18ENGULBIt will come about on that day that the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with water, and a fountain will come from the house of Yahweh and water the Valley of Shittim.BSBBSB: And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
21. 19ENGULBEgypt will become an abandoned devastation, and Edom will become an abandoned wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land.BSBBSB: Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
22. 20ENGULBBut Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem will be inhabited from generation to generation.BSBBSB: But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
23. 21ENGULBI will avenge their blood that I have not yet avenged, for Yahweh lives in Zion.”BSBBSB: For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.