\id JOL 29-JOL-web.sfm World English Bible (WEB) \ide UTF-8 \h Joel \toc1 The Book of Joel \toc2 Joel \toc3 Jol \mt2 The Book of \mt1 Joel \c 1 \p \v 1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s\f + \fr 1:1 \ft When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “\+wh יהוה\+wh*”, usually pronounced Yahweh).\f* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pethuel|strong="H6602"\w*. \q1 \v 2 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land! \q1 \w Has|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w 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\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* again \w be|strong="H3808"\w* disappointed. \q1 \v 27 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w else|strong="H5750"\w*; \q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* disappointed. \b \q1 \v 28 “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; \q2 and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. \q2 Your old men will dream dreams. \q2 Your young men will see visions. \q1 \v 29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, \q2 I will pour out my Spirit. \q1 \v 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: \q2 blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. \q1 \v 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, \q2 and the moon into blood, \q2 before the great and terrible day of the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* comes. \q1 \v 32 It will happen that whoever will call on the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s name shall be saved; \q2 for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, \q2 as the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* has said, \q2 and among the remnant, those whom the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* calls. \b \c 3 \q1 \v 1 “\w For|strong="H5921"\w*, \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* days, \q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*, \q2 \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w restore|strong="H2492"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fortunes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jerusalem, \q1 \v 2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* gather \w all|strong="H3117"\w* nations, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* bring \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* valley \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoshaphat; \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* execute judgment \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* heritage, Israel, \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* scattered \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* nations. \q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H5650"\w* divided \w my|strong="H5921"\w* land, \q2 \v 3 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* lots \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*, \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* boy \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute, \q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* sold \w a|strong="H3068"\w* girl \w for|strong="H5414"\w* wine, \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w may|strong="H5414"\w* drink. \b \q1 \v 4 “Yes, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, Tyre \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Sidon, \q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* regions \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Philistia? \q1 \w Will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* repay \w me|strong="H6440"\w*? \q2 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* repay \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \q2 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* swiftly \w and|strong="H3068"\w* speedily return \w your|strong="H3068"\w* repayment \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H6440"\w* \w head|strong="H6440"\w*. \q1 \v 5 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* silver \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* gold, \q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w carried|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* finest treasures \w into|strong="H1961"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* temples, \q2 \v 6 and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, \q2 that you may remove them far from their border. \q1 \v 7 Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, \q2 and will return your repayment on your own head; \q1 \v 8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, \q2 and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, \q2 to \w a|strong="H3068"\w* faraway nation, \q2 for the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* has spoken it.” \b \q1 \v 9 Proclaim this among the nations: \q2 “Prepare for war! \q2 Stir up the mighty men. \q1 Let all the warriors draw near. \q2 Let them come up. \v 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, \q2 and your pruning hooks into spears. \q2 Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ \q1 \v 11 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, \q2 and gather yourselves together.” \q1 Cause your mighty ones to come down there, \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \q1 \v 12 “Let the nations arouse themselves, \q2 and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; \q2 for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. \q1 \v 13 Put in the sickle; \q2 for the harvest is ripe. \q2 Come, tread, for the wine press is full, \q2 the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.” \q1 \v 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! \q2 For the day of the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* is near in the valley of decision. \q1 \v 15 The sun and the moon are darkened, \q2 and the stars withdraw their shining. \q1 \v 16 The \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* will roar from Zion, \q2 and thunder from Jerusalem; \q2 and the heavens and the earth will shake; \q2 but the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* refuge to his people, \q2 and \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stronghold to the children of Israel. \q1 \v 17 “So you will know that I am the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, your God, \q2 dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. \q1 Then Jerusalem will be holy, \q2 and no strangers will pass through her any more. \q1 \v 18 It will happen in that day, \q2 that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, \q2 the hills will flow with milk, \q2 all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; \q2 and \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fountain will flow out from the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s house, \q2 and will water the valley of Shittim. \q1 \v 19 Egypt will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desolation \q2 and Edom will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desolate wilderness, \q2 for the violence done to the children of Judah, \q2 because they have shed innocent blood in their land. \q1 \v 20 But Judah will be inhabited forever, \q2 and Jerusalem from generation to generation. \q1 \v 21 I will cleanse their blood \q2 that I have not cleansed, \q2 for the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* dwells in Zion.”