| 3:1 | For, behold, in those days <03117>, and in that time <06256>, when I shall bring again <07725> (8686) (8675) <07725> (8799) the captivity <07622> of Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, |
| 3:2 | I will also gather <06908> (8765) all nations <01471>, and will bring them down <03381> (8689) into the valley <06010> of Jehoshaphat <03092>, and will plead <08199> (8738) with them there for my people <05971> and [for] my heritage <05159> Israel <03478>, whom they have scattered <06340> (8765) among the nations <01471>, and parted <02505> (8765) my land <0776>. |
| 3:3 | And they have cast <03032> (8804) lots <01486> for my people <05971>; and have given <05414> (8799) a boy <03206> for an harlot <02181> (8802), and sold <04376> (8804) a girl <03207> for wine <03196>, that they might drink <08354> (8799). |
| 3:4 | Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre <06865>, and Zidon <06721>, and all the coasts <01552> of Palestine <06429>? will ye render <07999> (8764) me a recompence <01576>? and if ye recompense <01580> (8802) me, swiftly <07031> [and] speedily <04120> will I return <07725> (8686) your recompence <01576> upon your own head <07218>; |
| 3:5 | Because ye have taken <03947> (8804) my silver <03701> and my gold <02091>, and have carried <0935> (8689) into your temples <01964> my goodly <02896> pleasant things <04261>: {pleasant: Heb. desirable} |
| 3:6 | The children <01121> also of Judah <03063> and the children <01121> of Jerusalem <03389> have ye sold <04376> (8804) unto the Grecians <03125> <01121>, that ye might remove them far <07368> (8687) from their border <01366>. {the Grecians: Heb. the sons of the Grecians} |
| 3:7 | Behold, I will raise <05782> (8688) them out of the place <04725> whither ye have sold <04376> (8804) them, and will return <07725> (8689) your recompence <01576> upon your own head <07218>: |
| 3:8 | And I will sell <04376> (8804) your sons <01121> and your daughters <01323> into the hand <03027> of the children <01121> of Judah <03063>, and they shall sell <04376> (8804) them to the Sabeans <07615>, to a people <01471> far off <07350>: for the LORD <03068> hath spoken <01696> (8765) [it]. |
| 3:9 | Proclaim <07121> (8798) ye this among the Gentiles <01471>; Prepare <06942> (8761) war <04421>, wake up <05782> (8685) the mighty men <01368>, let all the men <0582> of war <04421> draw near <05066> (8799); let them come up <05927> (8799): {Prepare: Heb. Sanctify} |
| 3:10 | Beat <03807> (8798) your plowshares <0855> into swords <02719>, and your pruninghooks <04211> into spears <07420>: let the weak <02523> say <0559> (8799), I [am] strong <01368>. {pruninghooks: or, scythes} |
| 3:11 | Assemble <05789> (8798) yourselves, and come <0935> (8798), all ye heathen <01471>, and gather yourselves together <06908> (8738) round about <05439>: thither cause thy mighty ones <01368> to come down <05181> (8685), O LORD <03068>. {cause...: or, the LORD shall bring down} |
| 3:12 | Let the heathen <01471> be wakened <05782> (8735), and come up <05927> (8799) to the valley <06010> of Jehoshaphat <03092>: for there will I sit <03427> (8799) to judge <08199> (8800) all the heathen <01471> round about <05439>. |
| 3:13 | Put <07971> (8798) ye in the sickle <04038>, for the harvest <07105> is ripe <01310> (8804): come <0935> (8798), get you down <03381> (8798); for the press <01660> is full <04390> (8804), the fats <03342> overflow <07783> (8689); for their wickedness <07451> [is] great <07227>. |
| 3:14 | Multitudes <01995>, multitudes <01995> in the valley <06010> of decision <02742>: for the day <03117> of the LORD <03068> [is] near <07138> in the valley <06010> of decision <02742>. {decision: or, concision, or, threshing} |
| 3:15 | The sun <08121> and the moon <03394> shall be darkened <06937> (8804), and the stars <03556> shall withdraw <0622> (8804) their shining <05051>. |
| 3:16 | The LORD <03068> also shall roar <07580> (8799) out of Zion <06726>, and utter <05414> (8799) his voice <06963> from Jerusalem <03389>; and the heavens <08064> and the earth <0776> shall shake <07493> (8804): but the LORD <03068> [will be] the hope <04268> of his people <05971>, and the strength <04581> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>. {hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour} |
| 3:17 | So shall ye know <03045> (8804) that I [am] the LORD <03068> your God <0430> dwelling <07931> (8802) in Zion <06726>, my holy <06944> mountain <02022>: then shall Jerusalem <03389> be holy <06944>, and there shall no strangers <02114> (8801) pass through <05674> (8799) her any more. {holy: Heb. holiness} |
| 3:18 | And it shall come to pass in that day <03117>, [that] the mountains <02022> shall drop down <05197> (8799) new wine <06071>, and the hills <01389> shall flow <03212> (8799) with milk <02461>, and all the rivers <0650> of Judah <03063> shall flow <03212> (8799) with waters <04325>, and a fountain <04599> shall come forth <03318> (8799) of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and shall water <08248> (8689) the valley <05158> of Shittim <07851>. {flow: Heb. go} |
| 3:19 | Egypt <04714> shall be a desolation <08077>, and Edom <0123> shall be a desolate <08077> wilderness <04057>, for the violence <02555> [against] the children <01121> of Judah <03063>, because they have shed <08210> (8804) innocent <05355> blood <01818> in their land <0776>. |
| 3:20 | But Judah <03063> shall dwell <03427> (8799) for ever <05769>, and Jerusalem <03389> from generation <01755> to generation <01755>. {dwell: or, abide} |
| 3:21 | For I will cleanse <05352> (8765) their blood <01818> [that] I have not cleansed <05352> (8765): for the LORD <03068> dwelleth <07931> (8802) in Zion <06726>. {for the...: or, even I the LORD that} |
Joel 3 - AV with Strong Numbers
