Joel 3:9
7 Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
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.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
- KJV
- Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
- WEB
- Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
- ASV
- Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
- DARBY
- Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
- BLB
- Call this out among the nations: “Consecrate for war; Rouse the mighty ones; let draw near; let them come up—all the men of war!
- ÅB
- Rop dette ut blant hedningefolkene, rust dere til en hellig krig, kall på heltene, la alle krigsmenn stige fram og dra ut!
- OTB
- Forkynn dette blant nasjonene:
Gjør dere klare til krig!
Vekk opp krigerne!
La alle soldatene komme frem og angripe. - B1930
- Rop dette ut blandt hedningefolkene, rust eder til en hellig krig, kall på heltene, la alle krigsmenn stige frem og dra ut!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 46:3–4
“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
Read in contextEzekiel 38:7
Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Read in contextJeremiah 31:10
Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:2
“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
Read in contextPsalms 96:10
Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:1
Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
Read in contextEzekiel 21:21–22
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
Read in context