Joel 3:9-16 - ESV Online

JOEL 3:9-16

Proclaim this among the nations:

Consecrate for war;

stir up the mighty men.

Let all the men of war draw near;

let them come up. 10

Beat your plowshares into swords,

and your pruning hooks into spears;

let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
11

Hasten and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves there.

Bring down your warriors, O Lord. 12

Let the nations stir themselves up

and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;

for there I will sit to judge

all the surrounding nations.
13

Put in the sickle,

for the harvest is ripe.

Go in, tread,

for the winepress is full.

The vats overflow,

for their evil 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 the moon are darkened,

and the stars withdraw their shining.
16

The Lord roars from Zion,

and utters his voice from Jerusalem,

and the heavens and the earth quake.

But the Lord is a refuge to his people,

a stronghold to the people of Israel.

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