Joel 3:1-12

Joel 3:1-12

[1] For, behold, in those days,  and in that time,  when I shall bring again  the captivity  of Judah  and Jerusalem,  [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.  [3] And they have cast  lots  for my people;  and have given  a boy  for an harlot,  and sold  a girl  for wine,  that they might drink.  [4] Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre,  and Zidon,  and all the coasts  of Palestine?  will ye render  me a recompence?  and if ye recompense  me, swiftly  and speedily  will I return  your recompence  upon your own head;  [5] Because ye have taken  my silver  and my gold,  and have carried  into your temples  my goodly  pleasant things:  [6] The children  also of Judah  and the children  of Jerusalem  have ye sold  unto the Grecians,  that ye might remove them far  from their border.  [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. [9] 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.  [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.