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

"For, look, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

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 nations, and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided 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

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may 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

"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

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

Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into 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

and have sold the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem to the people of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

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

Look, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;

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

and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for the LORD has spoken it."

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. Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.

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

Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, 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 arouse themselves, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

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

Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for 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 the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

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 thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but the LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children 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

"So you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.

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

It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters, and a fountain will come forth from the house of the LORD, and will water the Valley of Shittim.

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 be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

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

And I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion."