Joel 3 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1“For behold, in those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,

1 "Look, now! In those very days and at that time, when I restore prosperity to Judah and Jerusalem,

2I 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.

2I will gather all nations, bringing them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. I will set out my case against them there, on behalf of my people, my heritage Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, apportioning my land among themselves.

3They 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.

3They cast lots for my people— they sold a young boy in exchange for a prostitute, and a girl for wine, so they could drink."

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;

4"Furthermore, what have you to do with me, Tyre, Sidon, and all the sea coasts of Philistia? Are you taking revenge on me? If you are taking revenge on me, I'll send it back on you swiftly and promptly,

5Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.

5since you took my silver and gold, carried my precious treasures into your temples,

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

6and sold Judah's and Jerusalem's descendants to the Greeks, so you can remove them far from their homeland!

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.

7"Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them, I will turn your revenge back upon you,

8I 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.”

8and I will sell your sons and daughters into the control of the people of Judah. And they will sell them to the people of Sheba, a country far away." Indeed, the LORD has spoken."

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

9"Declare this among the nations: 'Prepare for war! Wake up your elite forces! Let all the soldiers draw near! Call them up!

10Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

10Beat your plow blades into swords, and your pruning knives into spears! Let the frail say, "I am strong!"

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

11Hurry and come, all you gentiles! Gather yourselves together!'" "LORD, cause your mighty army to come down.

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.

12"Let the nations be awakened and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; because I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

13Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.”

13Put in the sickle, because the harvest is ripe. Come and go down, because the winepress is full. The wine vats are overflowing, because their evil is great!

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

14"Multitudes, multitudes in the Valley of Judgment! For the Day of the LORD is near in the Valley of Judgment!

15The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness.

15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.

16The 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.

16"The LORD will roar from Zion, and shout from Jerusalem. The heavens and the earth will shake, but the LORD will be the refuge of his people, and the strength of the people of Israel."

17“So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”

17"And truly you will know that I am the LORD your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no foreigners will invade her again.

18And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the LORD And water the Valley of Acacias.

18It will come about at that time that the mountains will drip with newly pressed wine, the hills will flow with milk, and the streams of Judah will flow abundantly. A fountain will spring from the Temple of the LORD, to water the Valley of the Acacias.

19“Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land.

19Egypt will be desolate, and Edom will be a desert, because of violence against the people of Judah since they shed innocent blood in their land.

20But Judah shall abide forever, And Jerusalem from generation to generation.

20But Judah will live forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted; For the LORD dwells in Zion.”

21I will acquit their bloodguilt that has not yet been acquitted. For the LORD lives in Zion!"

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