Joel 3:11
Break forth, and come, all ye nations, from round about, and gather yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to fall down.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong.
Cross References
Psalms 103:20Bless the Lord, all ye his angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute his word, hearkening to the voice of his orders.
Isaiah 13:3I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
Ezekiel 38:9And thou shalt go up and come like a storm, and like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all thy bands and many people with thee.
Micah 4:12But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor.
Zechariah 14:2And I will gather all nations to Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken, and the houses shall be rifled, and the women shall be defiled: and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be taken away out of the city.
Revelation 16:14For they are the spirits of devils working signs, and they go forth unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle against the great day of the Almighty God.
Matthew Henry on Joel 3:10-18
Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 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 pruning-hooks 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… Read the whole commentary →