Joel 3:9
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, 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
Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.
Read in contextEzekiel 38:7
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:9–10
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Read in contextJeremiah 50:2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Read in contextPsalms 96:10
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:1
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Read in contextEzekiel 21:21–22
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Read in context