Joel 3
1For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
כִּי הִנֵּה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵמָּה וּבָעֵת הַהִיא אֲשֶׁר [אָשׁוּב כ] (אָשִׁיב ק) אֶת־שְׁבוּת יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִָם׃ (3720)
See also: Zephaniah 3:19-20, Jeremiah 30:3, Ezekiel 39:25, Amos 9:14, Psalms 126:1, Psalms 85:1, Jeremiah 29:14, Deuteronomy 30:3, Jeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 23:3-8, Ezekiel 38:14-18, Psalms 14:7, Jeremiah 16:15, Ezekiel 16:53, 2 Chronicles 6:37-38, Daniel 12:1, Joel 2:29, Ezekiel 39:28-29, Zephaniah 3:20, Isaiah 11:11-16
2I 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.
וְקִבַּצְתִּי אֶת־כָּל־הַגֹּויִם וְהֹורַדְתִּים אֶל־עֵמֶק יְהֹושָׁפָט וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי עִמָּם שָׁם עַל־עַמִּי וְנַחֲלָתִי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר פִּזְּרוּ בַגֹּויִם וְאֶת־אַרְצִי חִלֵּקוּ׃ (6762)
See also: Zephaniah 3:19, Zechariah 14:2-4, Isaiah 66:16, Joel 3:12, Zephaniah 3:8, Zechariah 2:8, Jeremiah 25:31, Ezekiel 38:22, Joel 3:14, Leviticus 25:23, Isaiah 51:22, Jeremiah 50:17, Ezekiel 35:10, Ezekiel 39:11, Zechariah 12:3-4, Zechariah 14:3, Revelation 16:16, 2 Kings 10:21, 2 Chronicles 20:26, Isaiah 66:18
3And 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.
וְאֶל־עַמִּי יַדּוּ גֹורָל וַיִּתְּנוּ הַיֶּלֶד בַּזֹּונָה וְהַיַּלְדָּה מָכְרוּ בַיַּיִן וַיִּשְׁתּוּ׃ (2127)
See also: Amos 2:6, Deuteronomy 28:68, Nahum 3:10, Obadiah 1:11, Joel 3:6, Revelation 18:13, Job 6:27, Ezekiel 27:13, Amos 4:1, 2 Chronicles 28:8-9, Ezekiel 16:33, Ezekiel 24:6, Joel 1:5, Amos 8:6, Micah 1:7
4Yea, 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 recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
וְגַם מָה־אַתֶּם לִי צֹר וְצִידֹון וְכֹל גְּלִילֹות פְּלָשֶׁת הַגְּמוּל אַתֶּם מְשַׁלְּמִים עָלָי וְאִם־גֹּמְלִים אַתֶּם עָלַי קַל מְהֵרָה אָשִׁיב גְּמֻלְכֶם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶם׃ (5581)
See also: Isaiah 23:1, Amos 1:6-10, Jeremiah 47:4, Isaiah 34:8, Isaiah 59:18, Amos 1:9, Luke 10:13, Joshua 13:2, Isaiah 65:6, Ezekiel 25:12-17, Ezekiel 26:2, Deuteronomy 32:35, Judges 11:12, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 28:17-18, Isaiah 14:30, Jeremiah 25:22, Jeremiah 51:6, Ezekiel 9:10, Ezekiel 25:15
5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
אֲשֶׁר־כַּסְפִּי וּזְהָבִי לְקַחְתֶּם וּמַחֲמַדַּי הַטֹּבִים הֲבֵאתֶם לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶם׃ (2066)
See also: 2 Kings 24:13, 2 Chronicles 21:16-17, 2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 16:8, 2 Kings 18:15-16, 1 Samuel 5:2-5, 1 Kings 20:6, 2 Kings 25:13-17, Isaiah 23:3, Jeremiah 50:28, Jeremiah 51:11, Daniel 5:2-3, Daniel 11:38
6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם מְכַרְתֶּם לִבְנֵי הַיְּוָנִים לְמַעַן הַרְחִיקָם מֵעַל גְּבוּלָם׃ (2439)
See also: Deuteronomy 28:32, Ezekiel 27:13, Amos 1:6, Joel 3:3, Deuteronomy 28:68, Joel 3:8, Zechariah 9:13, Esther 7:4, Amos 2:6, Amos 8:6, Micah 2:9
7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
הִנְנִי מְעִירָם מִן־הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר־מְכַרְתֶּם אֹתָם שָׁמָּה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִי גְמֻלְכֶם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶם׃ (4162)
See also: Isaiah 43:5-6, Obadiah 1:15, Jeremiah 23:8, Jeremiah 30:16, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, Isaiah 66:6, Jeremiah 30:10, Zechariah 10:6-10, Judges 1:7, 1 Samuel 15:33, Esther 7:10, Isaiah 11:12, Isaiah 49:12, Jeremiah 31:8, Jeremiah 32:37, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 36:24, Ezekiel 38:8, Joel 3:4, Matthew 7:2
8And 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.
וּמָכַרְתִּי אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם וְאֶת־בְּנֹותֵיכֶם בְּיַד בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּמְכָרוּם לִשְׁבָאיִם אֶל־גֹּוי רָחֹוק כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר׃ (3563)
See also: Jeremiah 30:16, Isaiah 60:14, Job 1:15, Isaiah 45:14, Judges 2:14, Isaiah 14:1-2, Joel 3:6, Ezekiel 23:42, Amos 9:12, Zechariah 9:4, Zechariah 12:3, Deuteronomy 32:30, Judges 4:2, Judges 4:9, Jeremiah 6:20
9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
קִרְאוּ־זֹאת בַּגֹּויִם קַדְּשׁוּ מִלְחָמָה הָעִירוּ הַגִּבֹּורִים יִגְּשׁוּ יַעֲלוּ כֹּל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָה׃ (2840)
See also: Nahum 2:1, Micah 4:3, Jeremiah 46:3-4, Ezekiel 38:17, Revelation 16:16, Isaiah 8:9-10, Isaiah 45:21, Jeremiah 6:4, Jeremiah 31:10, Ezekiel 38:7, Zechariah 14:3, Revelation 11:18, Isaiah 57:3, Amos 4:4, Zephaniah 3:8, Acts 4:26, Joshua 9:2, 2 Samuel 3:6, 1 Kings 20:22, 2 Chronicles 25:8
10Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
כֹּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבֹות וּמַזְמְרֹתֵיכֶם לִרְמָחִים הַחַלָּשׁ יֹאמַר גִּבֹּור אָנִי׃ (3500)
See also: Zechariah 12:8, Micah 4:3, Isaiah 2:4, 2 Chronicles 25:8, Luke 13:12, Luke 22:36, Isaiah 41:1
11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
עוּשׁוּ וָבֹאוּ כָל־הַגֹּויִם מִסָּבִיב וְנִקְבָּצוּ שָׁמָּה הַנְחַת יְהוָה גִּבֹּורֶיךָ׃ (1954)
See also: Obadiah 1:15, Isaiah 13:3, Revelation 16:14, Judges 4:7, Isaiah 43:9, Zephaniah 3:8, 2 Kings 10:21, Isaiah 10:34, Isaiah 37:36, Ezekiel 30:3, Ezekiel 38:9-18, Joel 3:2, Micah 4:12, Zechariah 14:2-3, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Revelation 19:14, Revelation 19:19-20, Revelation 20:8-9, Psalms 103:20, Zechariah 14:5
12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
יֵעֹורוּ וְיַעֲלוּ הַגֹּויִם אֶל־עֵמֶק יְהֹושָׁפָט כִּי שָׁם אֵשֵׁב לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת־כָּל־הַגֹּויִם מִסָּבִיב׃ (2850)
See also: Joel 3:2, Zechariah 14:4, Psalms 96:13, Psalms 98:9, Isaiah 2:4, Isaiah 3:13, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 7:6, Isaiah 51:5, Joel 3:14, Micah 4:3, 2 Chronicles 20:26, Psalms 9:19, Psalms 76:8-9, Psalms 110:5-6, Isaiah 22:1, Ezekiel 30:3, Ezekiel 39:11, Zechariah 10:5, Revelation 19:11
13Put 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.
שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל כִּי בָשַׁל קָצִיר בֹּאוּ רְדוּ כִּי־מָלְאָה גַּת הֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים כִּי רַבָּה רָעָתָם׃ (3442)
See also: Mark 4:29, Revelation 14:15-20, Hosea 6:11, Matthew 13:39, Revelation 14:18, Isaiah 63:3, Jeremiah 51:33, Isaiah 17:5, Joel 2:24, Genesis 18:20, Deuteronomy 16:9, Lamentations 1:15, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 15:16
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
הֲמֹונִים הֲמֹונִים בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ כִּי קָרֹוב יֹום יְהוָה בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ׃ (1764)
See also: Acts 2:20, Isaiah 13:4, Isaiah 34:2-8, Joel 3:2, 2 Peter 3:10, Joel 3:12, Philippians 3:2, Revelation 16:14-16, Isaiah 22:1, Ezekiel 13:5, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1, Joel 2:2, 2 Peter 3:7, Revelation 19:19-21, 2 Kings 13:7, Isaiah 63:1-7, Lamentations 1:21, Zechariah 14:1, Ezekiel 38:8-23
15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ קָדָרוּ וְכֹוכָבִים אָסְפוּ נָגְהָם׃ (1523)
See also: Jeremiah 4:23, Matthew 24:29, Revelation 6:12, Genesis 1:14, Joel 2:31, Isaiah 34:4, Joel 2:10, Joshua 10:13, Isaiah 13:10, Revelation 8:12, Ezekiel 32:7, Mark 13:24, Luke 21:25-26, Isaiah 24:23, Ezekiel 30:18
16The 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.
וַיהוָה מִצִּיֹּון יִשְׁאָג וּמִירוּשָׁלִַם יִתֵּן קֹולֹו וְרָעֲשׁוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ וַיהוָה מַחֲסֶה לְעַמֹּו וּמָעֹוז לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (4098)
See also: Romans 15:13, Zechariah 9:12, 1 Peter 5:8, 1 Samuel 15:29, Joel 2:10-11, Amos 1:2, Hebrews 12:26, Romans 11:26, Isaiah 13:13, Jeremiah 25:30-31, Proverbs 18:10, Isaiah 42:13, Jeremiah 16:19, Hosea 11:10, Haggai 2:6, Psalms 61:3, Isaiah 51:16, Ezekiel 38:19, Zechariah 12:5, Revelation 4:5
17So 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.
וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שֹׁכֵן בְּצִיֹּון הַר־קָדְשִׁי וְהָיְתָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם קֹדֶשׁ וְזָרִים לֹא־יַעַבְרוּ־בָהּ עֹוד׃ (3985)
See also: Joel 2:1, Revelation 21:27, Joel 2:27, Obadiah 1:17, Isaiah 35:8, Isaiah 52:1, Ezekiel 37:6, Ezekiel 44:9, Nahum 1:15, Zechariah 14:21, Psalms 146:10, Isaiah 4:3, Jeremiah 31:40, Obadiah 1:16, Exodus 16:12, Isaiah 54:14, Jeremiah 31:23, Daniel 9:16, Joel 3:21, Zephaniah 3:15
18And 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 out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
וְהָיָה בַיֹּום הַהוּא יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס וְהַגְּבָעֹות תֵּלַכְנָה חָלָב וְכָל־אֲפִיקֵי יְהוּדָה יֵלְכוּ מָיִם וּמַעְיָן מִבֵּית יְהוָה יֵצֵא וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת־נַחַל הַשִּׁטִּים׃ (4170)
See also: Isaiah 44:3, Amos 9:13, Isaiah 55:1, Ezekiel 47:1, Isaiah 41:18, Ezekiel 36:11, Joel 2:24, Zechariah 14:8, Isaiah 35:6, Isaiah 45:8, Revelation 22:1-2, Jeremiah 31:12, Isaiah 66:11, Acts 11:16, Genesis 49:11, Numbers 25:1, Isaiah 30:25, Revelation 21:6, Numbers 24:6, Psalms 46:4
19Egypt 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.
מִצְרַיִם לִשְׁמָמָה תִהְיֶה וֶאֱדֹום לְמִדְבַּר שְׁמָמָה תִּהְיֶה מֵחֲמַס בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפְכוּ דָם־נָקִיא בְּאַרְצָם׃ (4038)
See also: Obadiah 1:17, Obadiah 1:1, Amos 1:11, Isaiah 11:14, Isaiah 19:1-15, Isaiah 21:11, Malachi 1:3, Isaiah 24:21, Jeremiah 22:3, Jeremiah 51:35, Zephaniah 2:9, Zechariah 14:18-19, Deuteronomy 19:10, Psalms 137:7, Isaiah 11:15, Isaiah 34:1-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:13, Jeremiah 49:17
20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
וִיהוּדָה לְעֹולָם תֵּשֵׁב וִירוּשָׁלִַם לְדֹור וָדֹור׃ (1962)
See also: Ezekiel 37:25, Amos 9:13, Amos 9:15, Hosea 2:19, Zephaniah 3:15, Isaiah 33:20, Psalms 81:15, Zechariah 8:8, Jeremiah 32:37, Zechariah 14:11
21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
וְנִקֵּיתִי דָּמָם לֹא־נִקֵּיתִי וַיהוָה שֹׁכֵן בְּצִיֹּון׃ (1821)
See also: Isaiah 4:4, Ezekiel 36:25, Revelation 21:3, Ezekiel 36:29, Ezekiel 48:35, Joel 3:17, Psalms 132:14, Jeremiah 8:19, Daniel 2:11, Zephaniah 3:13, Zechariah 8:3, Zechariah 12:1, 1 Chronicles 23:25, Jeremiah 33:8