1 "For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehosh'aphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there, on account of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations, and have divided up my land,
3 and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.
4 "What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will requite your deed upon your own head swiftly and speedily.
5 For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.
6 You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border.
7 But now I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will requite your deed upon your own head.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabe'ans, to a nation far off; for the LORD has spoken."
9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am a warrior."
11 Hasten and come, all you nations round about, gather yourselves there. Bring down thy warriors, O LORD.
12 Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehosh'aphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.
13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
16 And the LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.
17 "So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who dwell in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall never again pass through it.
18 "And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD and water the valley of Shittim.
19 "Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty, for the LORD dwells in Zion."
Versículos relacionados com Joel, 3:
Joel's chapter 3 describes an eschatological view of God's judgment on the nations that oppose Israel and the restoration of God's people. The main theme is the day of the Lord, an event that will bring judgment on the wicked and liberation to the righteous. The chosen verses, in order of proximity to the themes of the chapter, are:
Isaiah 13:6: "howling, for the day of the Lord is close; it comes from the Almighty as a giving." This verse talks about the "day of the Lord," the day of God's judgment, which is also mentioned in Joel 3.
Sophons 1:15: "That day is a day of indignation, day of tribulation and anguish, day of excitement and desolation, day of darkness and darkness, day of clouds and dense darkness." This verse describes the "day of the Lord" as a day of judgment and destruction.
Zechariah 14:1: "Behold, the day of the Lord comes, in which your spoils will be divided through you." This verse refers to the "day of the Lord" as a day when the spoils of enemies will be taken by the winners, something that is mentioned in Joel 3:13.
Revelation 16:14: "For they are spirits of demons, who operate signs; which meet kings from all over the world to congregate them to the battle of the great day of almighty God." This verse talks about the "great day" of Almighty God, which is also mentioned in Joel 3:14.
Revelation 21:3: "And I heard a great voice from heaven, which said, Here is the tabernacle of God with men, for with them will dwell, and they will be His people, and the same God will be with them, and will be the Your God. " This verse talks about the restoration of God's people and their dwelling with Him, something that is mentioned in Joel 3:20-21.
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