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Joel 3

The Nations Will Be Judged

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1For behold,  ain those days and at that time, When I  brestore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

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I will  agather all the nations And bring them down to the  bvalley of  1Jehoshaphat. Then I will  center into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have  dscattered among the nations; And they have  edivided up My land.

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"They have also  acast lots for My people,  1 bTraded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

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"Moreover, what are you to Me, O  aTyre, Sidon and all the regions of  bPhilistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will  creturn your recompense on your head.

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"Since you have  ataken My silver and My gold, brought My precious  1treasures to your temples,

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and sold the  asons of Judah and Jerusalem to the  1Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,

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behold, I am going to  aarouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

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"Also I will  asell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the  bSabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken.

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 aProclaim this among the nations:  bPrepare a war;  crouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

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 aBeat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears;  bLet the weak say, "I am a mighty man."

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 1 aHasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your  bmighty ones.

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Let the nations be aroused And come up to the  avalley of  1Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to  bjudge All the surrounding nations.

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 aPut in the sickle, for the  bharvest is ripe. Come,  ctread, for the  dwine press is full; The vats overflow, for their  ewickedness is great.

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 aMultitudes, multitudes in the  bvalley of  1decision! For the  cday of the LORD is near in the valley of  1decision.

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The  asun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.

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The LORD  aroars from Zion And  butters His voice from Jerusalem, And the  cheavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a  drefuge for His people And a  estronghold to the sons of Israel.

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Then you will  aknow that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My  bholy mountain. So Jerusalem will be  choly, And  dstrangers will pass through it no more.

Judah Will Be Blessed

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And in that day The  amountains will drip with  1sweet wine, And the hills will  bflow with milk, And all the  cbrooks of Judah will flow with water; And a  dspring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of  2Shittim.

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Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the  aviolence  1done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.

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But Judah will be  ainhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.

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And I will  aavenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion.



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