Joel:3:1-16
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For ,
behold ,
in those days and at that time ,
when I shall have turned the captivity of Juda and Jerusalem ,
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I will also gather all the (
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Or ,
nations ;
See Mt strkjv @
25:31 (:
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Gentiles ,
and bring them down to the valley of Josaphat ,
and will plead with them there for my people and my heritage Israel ,
who have been dispersed among the Gentiles ;
and these Gentiles have divided my land ,
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and cast lots over my people ,
and have given their boys to harlots ,
and sold their girls for wine ,
and have drunk .
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And what have ye to do with me ,
O Tyre ,
and Sidon ,
and all Galilee of the (
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allofulwn ,
usually Philistines (:
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Gentiles ?
do ye render me a recompense ?
or do ye bear malice against me ?
quickly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own heads :
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because ye have taken my silver and my gold ,
and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples ;
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and ye have sold the children of Juda and the children of Jerusalem to the children of the Greeks ,
that ye might expel them from their coasts .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them ,
and I will return your recompense on your own heads .
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And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Juda ,
and they shall sell them into captivity to a far distant nation :
for the Lord has spoken it .
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Proclaim these things among the Gentiles ; (
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Gr .
sanctify (:
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declare war ,
arouse the warriors ,
draw near and go up ,
all ye men of war .
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Beat your ploughshares into swords ,
and your sickles into (
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Or ,
daggers (:
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spears :
let the weak say ,
I am strong .
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Gather yourselves together ,
and go in ,
all ye nations round about ,
and gather yourselves there ;
let the (
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Gr .
meek (:
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timid become a warrior .
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Let them be aroused ,
let all the nations go up to the valley of Josaphat :
for there will I sit to judge all the Gentiles round about .
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Bring forth the sickles ,
for the vintage is come :
go in ,
tread the grapes ,
for the press is full :
cause the vats to overflow ;
for their wickedness is multiplied .
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Noises have resounded in the valley of judgement :
for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgement .
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The sun and the moon shall be darkened ,
and the stars shall withdraw their light .
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And the Lord shall cry out of Sion ,
and shall utter his voice from Jerusalem ;
and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken ,
but the Lord shall spare his people ,
and shall strengthen the children of Israel .
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