Joel 3

1 For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will have converted the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

for behold in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it which (to return: return *Q(K)*) [obj] captivity Judah and Jerusalem

2 I will gather all the Gentiles, and will lead them into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And there I will dispute with them over my people, and over Israel, my inheritance, for they have scattered them among the nations and have divided my land.

and to gather [obj] all [the] nation and to go down them to(wards) Valley (Of Kidron) (Valley of) Jehoshaphat and to judge with them there upon people my and inheritance my Israel which to scatter in/on/with nation and [obj] land: country/planet my to divide

3 And they have cast lots over my people; and the boy they have placed in the brothel, and the girl they have sold for wine, so that they might drink.

and to(wards) people my to cast a lot allotted and to give: give [the] youth in/on/with to fornicate and [the] maiden to sell in/on/with wine and to drink

4 Truly, what is there between you and me, Tyre and Sidon and all the distant places of the Philistines? How will you take vengeance on me? And if you were to revenge yourselves against me, I would deliver a repayment to you, quickly and soon, upon your head.

and also what? you(m. p.) to/for me Tyre and Sidon and all border Philistia recompense you(m. p.) to complete upon me and if to wean you(m. p.) upon me swift haste to return: return recompense your in/on/with head your

5 For you have carried away my silver and gold. And my desirable and most beautiful, you have taken into your shrines.

which silver: money my and gold my to take: take and desire my [the] pleasant to come (in): bring to/for temple your

6 And you, sons of Judah and sons of Jerusalem, you have sold the sons of the Greeks, so that you might drive them far from their own territory.

and son: descendant/people Judah and son: descendant/people Jerusalem to sell to/for son: descendant/people [the] Greek because to remove them from upon border: boundary their

7 Behold, I will raise them up from the place into which you have sold them, and I will turn back your retribution on your own head.

look! I to rouse them from [the] place which to sell [obj] them there [to] and to return: return recompense your in/on/with head your

8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a distant nation, for the Lord has spoken.

and to sell [obj] son: descendant/people your and [obj] daughter your in/on/with hand: power son: descendant/people Judah and to sell them to/for Sabean to(wards) nation distant for LORD to speak: speak

9 Proclaim this among the Gentiles: “Sanctify a war, raise up the strong. Approach, ascend, all men of war.

to call: call out this in/on/with nation to consecrate: consecate battle to rouse [the] mighty man to approach: approach to ascend: rise all human [the] battle

10 Cut your ploughs into swords and your hoes into spears. Let the weak say, ‘For I am strong.’

to crush plowshare your to/for sword and pruner your to/for spear [the] weak to say mighty man I

11 Break out and advance, all nations of the world, and gather together. There the Lord will cause all your strong ones to meet death.”

to help and to come (in): come all [the] nation from around and to gather there [to] to descend LORD mighty man your

12 Let them arise and ascend to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit, so as to judge all the nations of the world.

to rouse and to ascend: rise [the] nation to(wards) Valley (Of Kidron) (Valley of) Jehoshaphat for there to dwell to/for to judge [obj] all [the] nation from around

13 Send forth the sickles, because the harvest has matured. Advance and descend, for the press is full, the pressing room is overflowing. For their malice has been increasing.

to send: reach sickle for to boil harvest to come (in): come to scrape for to fill wine press to overflow [the] wine for many distress: evil their

14 Nations, nations in the valley of being cut to pieces: for the day of the Lord fittingly takes place in the valley of being cut to pieces.

crowd crowd in/on/with valley [the] decision for near day LORD in/on/with valley [the] decision

15 The sun and the moon have been darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their splendor.

sun and moon be dark and star to gather brightness their

16 And the Lord will roar from Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens and the earth will be moved. And the Lord will be the hope of his people and the strength of the sons of Israel.

and LORD from Zion to roar and from Jerusalem to give: cry out voice his and to shake heaven and land: country/planet and LORD refuge to/for people his and security to/for son: descendant/people Israel

17 And you will know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will not cross through it anymore.

and to know for I LORD God your to dwell in/on/with Zion mountain: mount holiness my and to be Jerusalem holiness and be a stranger not to pass in/on/with her still

18 And it will happen, in that day, that the mountains will drip sweetness, and the hills will flow with milk. And the waters will pass through all the rivers of Judah. And a fountain will go forth from the house of the Lord, and it will irrigate the desert of thorns.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to drip/prophesy [the] mountain: mount sweet and [the] hill to go: walk milk and all channel Judah to go: walk water and spring from house: temple LORD to come out: come and to water: watering [obj] (Shittim) Valley [the] (Valley of) Shittim

19 Egypt will be in desolation, and Edom will be a wilderness destroyed, because of what they have unfairly done to the sons of Judah, and because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Egypt to/for devastation to be and Edom to/for wilderness devastation to be from violence son: descendant/people Judah which to pour: kill blood innocent in/on/with land: country/planet their

20 And Judea will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem for generation upon generation.

and Judah to/for forever: enduring to dwell and Jerusalem to/for generation and generation

21 And I will cleanse their blood, which I had not cleansed. And the Lord will remain in Zion.

and to clear blood their not to clear and LORD to dwell in/on/with Zion