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Joel 3:12

JehoshaphatValley of Jehoshaphat
Judgment

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.

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
WEB
“Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
ASV
Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
DARBY
Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
BLB
May they be roused and come up—the nations to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the nations from around.
ÅB
Hedningefolkene skal våkne opp og dra til Josjafats dal; for der vil jeg sitte og dømme alle hedningefolk fra alle kanter.
OTB
La nasjonene vekkes
og rykke frem til Josjafats dal,
for der vil jeg sitte for å dømme
alle de omkringliggende nasjonene.
B1930
Hedningefolkene skal våkne op og dra til Josafats dal; for der vil jeg sitte og dømme alle hedningefolk fra alle kanter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joel 3:2

    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.

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  • Isaiah 3:13

    The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.

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  • Psalms 98:9

    before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

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  • Isaiah 2:4

    Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

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  • Psalms 96:13

    before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

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  • Zechariah 14:4

    On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

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  • Joel 3:14

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

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  • Psalms 7:6

    Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

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