Joel 3

1 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

“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

2 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

I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.

3 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

They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

4 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

Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

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

For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

6 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

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

7 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

Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

8 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

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.

9 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

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

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

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

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

Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.

12 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

Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

13 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

Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.

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

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

15 sun and moon be dark and star to gather brightness their

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

16 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

The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

17 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

Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.

18 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

And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.

19 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

Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

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

But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

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

For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.”