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| | Joe 3:1 | "For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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| | Joe 3:2 | I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land.
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| | Joe 3:3 | "They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
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| | Joe 3:4 | "Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.
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| | Joe 3:5 | "Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples,
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| | Joe 3:6 | and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory,
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| | Joe 3:7 | behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.
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| | Joe 3:8 | "Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the Lord has spoken.
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| | Joe 3:9 | Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
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| | Joe 3:10 | Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."
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| | Joe 3:11 | Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones.
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| | Joe 3:12 | Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.
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| | Joe 3:13 | Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.
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| | Joe 3:14 | Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
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| | Joe 3:15 | The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.
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| | Joe 3:16 | The Lord roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the Lord is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
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| | Joe 3:17 | Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more.
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| | Joe 3:18 | And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the Lord To water the valley of Shittim.
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| | Joe 3:19 | Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
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| | Joe 3:20 | But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations.
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| | Joe 3:21 | And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the Lord dwells in Zion.
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
