| Joel 3 - Versions
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| Joel 3 Text (WEB)
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- "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
- I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,
- and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
- "Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
- Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
- and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.
- Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
- and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it."
- Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
- Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'
- Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
- "Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
- Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."
- Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
- The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
- "So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
- It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of Yahweh, and will water the valley of Shittim.
- Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
- But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion."
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| Joel 3 Text (Hebrew)
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- כי הנה בימים ההמה ובעת ההיא אשר את־שבות יהודה וירושלם׃
- וקבצתי את־כל־הגוים והורדתים אל־עמק יהושפט ונשפטתי עםם שם על־עמי ונחלתי ישראל אשר פזרו בגוים ואת־ארצי חלקו׃
- ואל־עמי ידו גורל ויתנו הילד בזונה והילדה מכרו ביין וישתו׃
- וגם מה־אתם לי צר וצידון וכל גלילות פלשת הגמול אתם משלמים עלי ואם־גמלים אתם עלי קל מהרה אשיב גמלכם בראשכם׃
- אשר־כספי וזהבי לקחתם ומחמדי הטבים הבאתם להיכליכם׃
- ובני יהודה ובני ירושלם מכרתם לבני היונים למען הרחיקם מעל גבולם׃
- הנני מעירם מן־המקום אשר־מכרתם אתם שמה והשבתי גמלכם בראשכם׃
- ומכרתי את־בניכם ואת־בנותיכם ביד בני יהודה ומכרום לשבאים אל־גוי רחוק כי יהוה דבר׃ ס
- קראו־זאת בגוים קדשו מלחמה העירו הגבורים יגשו יעלו כל אנשי המלחמה׃
- כתו אתיכם לחרבות ומזמרתיכם לרמחים החלש יאמר גבור אני׃
- עושו ובאו כל־הגוים מסביב ונקבצו שמה הנחת יהוה גבוריך׃
- יעורו ויעלו הגוים אל־עמק יהושפט כי שם אשב לשפט את־כל־הגוים מסביב׃
- שלחו מגל כי בשל קציר באו רדו כי־מלאה גת השיקו היקבים כי רבה רעתם׃
- המונים המונים בעמק החרוץ כי קרוב יום יהוה בעמק החרוץ׃
- שמש וירח קדרו וכוכבים אספו נגהם׃
- ויהוה מציון ישאג ומירושלם יתן קולו ורעשו שמים וארץ ויהוה מחסה לעמו ומעוז לבני ישראל׃
- וידעתם כי אני יהוה אלהיכם שכן בציון הר־קדשי והיתה ירושלם קדש וזרים לא־יעברו־בה עוד׃ ס
- והיה ביום ההוא יטפו ההרים עסיס והגבעות תלכנה חלב וכל־אפיקי יהודה ילכו מים ומעין מבית יהוה יצא והשקה את־נחל השטים׃
- מצרים לשממה תהיה ואדום למדבר שממה תהיה מחמס בני יהודה אשר־שפכו דם־נקיא בארצם׃
- ויהודה לעולם תשב וירושלם לדור ודור׃
- ונקיתי דםם לא־נקיתי ויהוה שכן בציון׃
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| Joel 3 Text (Latin)
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- Quia ecce in diebus illis, et in tempore illo, cum convertero captivitatem Juda et Jerusalem,
- congregabo omnes gentes, et deducam eas in vallem Josaphat ; et disceptabo cum eis ibi super populo meo, et hæreditate mea Israël, quos disperserunt in nationibus, et terram meam diviserunt.
- Et super populum meum miserunt sortem ; et posuerunt puerum in prostibulo, et puellam vendiderunt pro vino ut biberent.
- Verum quid mihi et vobis, Tyrus et Sidon, et omnis terminus Palæstinorum ? numquid ultionem vos reddetis mihi ? et si ulciscimini vos contra me, cito velociter reddam vicissitudinem vobis super caput vestrum.
- Argentum enim meum et aurum tulistis, et desiderabilia mea et pulcherrima intulistis in delubra vestra.
- Et filios Juda et filios Jerusalem vendidistis filiis Græcorum, ut longe faceretis eos de finibus suis.
- Ecce ego suscitabo eos de loco in quo vendidistis eos, et convertam retributionem vestram in caput vestrum.
- Et vendam filios vestros et filias vestras in manibus filiorum Juda, et venundabunt eos Sabæis, genti longinquæ, quia Dominus locutus est.
- Clamate hoc in gentibus, sanctificate bellum, suscitate robustos : accedant, ascendant omnes viri bellatores.
- Concidite aratra vestra in gladios, et ligones vestros in lanceas. Infirmus dicat : Quia fortis ego sum.
- Erumpite, et venite, omnes gentes de circuitu, et congregamini ; ibi occumbere faciet Dominus robustos tuos.
- Consurgant, et ascendant gentes in vallem Josaphat, quia ibi sedebo ut judicem omnes gentes in circuitu.
- Mittite falces, quoniam maturavit messis ; venite, et descendite, quia plenum est torcular, exuberant torcularia : quia multiplicata est malitia eorum.
- Populi, populi, in valle concisionis, quia juxta est dies Domini in valle concisionis.
- Sol et luna obtenebrati sunt, et stellæ retraxerunt splendorem suum.
- Et Dominus de Sion rugiet, et de Jerusalem dabit vocem suam, et movebuntur cæli et terra ; et Dominus spes populi sui, et fortitudo filiorum Israël.
- Et scietis quia ego Dominus Deus vester, habitans in Sion monte sancto meo ; et erit Jerusalem sancta, et alieni non transibunt per eam amplius.
- Et erit in die illa : stillabunt montes dulcedinem, et colles fluent lacte, et per omnes rivos Juda ibunt aquæ ; et fons de domo Domini egredietur, et irrigabit torrentem spinarum.
- Ægyptus in desolationem erit, et Idumæa in desertum perditionis, pro eo quod inique egerint in filios Juda, et effuderint sanguinem innocentem in terra sua.
- Et Judæa in æternum habitabitur, et Jerusalem in generationem et generationem.
- Et mundabo sanguinem eorum, quem non mundaveram ; et Dominus commorabitur in Sion.
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| Joel 3 Text (KJV)
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- For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
- I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
- And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
- Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
- Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
- The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
- Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
- And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
- Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
- Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
- Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
- Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
- Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
- Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
- The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
- So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
- And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
- Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
- But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
- For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
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