# Joel 3

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] “Yes, in those days and at that time,
when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity, [2] I will gather all the nations
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will enter into judgment against them
concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel,
whom they have scattered among the nations
as they divided up My land. [3] They cast lots for My people;
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink. [4] Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads. [5] For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. [6] You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland. [7] Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads. [8] I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken. [9] Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war;
rouse the mighty men;
let all the men of war
advance and attack! [10] Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’ [11] Come quickly, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves.
Bring down Your mighty ones,
O LORD. [12] Let the nations be roused
and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit down
to judge all the nations on every side. [13] Swing the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,
for the winepress is full;
the wine vats overflow
because their wickedness is great. [14] Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the Day of the LORD is near
in the valley of decision. [15] The sun and moon will grow dark,
and the stars will no longer shine. [16] The LORD will roar from Zion
and raise His voice from Jerusalem;
heaven and earth will tremble.
But the LORD will be a refuge for His people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel. [17] Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,
who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be holy,
never again to be overrun by foreigners. [18] And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
All the streams of Judah will run with water,
and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD
to water the Valley of Acacias. [19] Egypt will become desolate,
and Edom a desert wasteland,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood. [20] But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation. [21] For I will avenge their blood,
which I have not yet avenged.”
For the LORD dwells in Zion.

## Places in this chapter

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Tyre** (Phoenicia · today Sur) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/tyre
- **Sidon** (Phoenicia · today Saida) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/sidon
- **Valley of Jehoshaphat** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/valley-of-jehoshaphat
- **Zion** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/zion
- **Valley of Shittim** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/valley-of-shittim
- **Sheba 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/sheba-1
- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt
- **Philistia** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/philistia
- **Valley of Decision** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/valley-of-decision
- **Edom** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/edom

## Each verse

- Joel 3:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/1
- Joel 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/2
- Joel 3:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/3
- Joel 3:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/4
- Joel 3:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/5
- Joel 3:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/6
- Joel 3:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/7
- Joel 3:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/8
- Joel 3:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/9
- Joel 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/10
- Joel 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/11
- Joel 3:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/12
- Joel 3:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/13
- Joel 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/14
- Joel 3:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/15
- Joel 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/16
- Joel 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/17
- Joel 3:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/18
- Joel 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/19
- Joel 3:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/20
- Joel 3:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/3/21