nkjv - Joel:3:1-16

nkjv@Joel:3:1 @ "For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,

nkjv@Joel:3:2 @ I will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.

nkjv@Joel:3:3 @ They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

nkjv@Joel:3:4 @ "Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;

nkjv@Joel:3:5 @ Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.

nkjv@Joel:3:6 @ Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.

nkjv@Joel:3:7 @ "Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your retaliation upon your own head.

nkjv@Joel:3:8 @ I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the Sabeans, To a people far off; For the LORD has spoken."

nkjv@Joel:3:9 @ Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.

nkjv@Joel:3:10 @ Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am strong."'

nkjv@Joel:3:11 @ Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD.

nkjv@Joel:3:12 @ "Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

nkjv@Joel:3:13 @ Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow-- For their wickedness is great."

nkjv@Joel:3:14 @ Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

nkjv@Joel:3:15 @ The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness.

nkjv@Joel:3:16 @ The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.