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Joel 3:14

Judgment

12 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.

13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

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 shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

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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
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
KJV
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
WEB
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
ASV
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
DARBY
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.
BLB
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision. For the day of YHWH [is] near in the valley of decision.
ÅB
Skare på skare samler seg i avgjørelsens dal. For nær er Herrens dag i avgjørelsens dal.
OTB
Folkemengder på folkemengder samles i avgjørelsens dal!
For Herrens dag er nær i avgjørelsens dal.
B1930
Skare på skare samler sig i avgjørelsens dal. For nær er Herrens dag i avgjørelsens dal.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 34:2–8

    For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

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  • Joel 3:2

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

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  • Philippians 3:2

    Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

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  • Revelation 16:14–16

    For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

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  • Joel 1:15

    Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

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  • 2 Peter 3:7

    But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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  • Joel 2:1

    Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

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  • Revelation 19:19–21

    And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

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