Joel 3:2

Then in the Valley of Judgment I will gather together the people of all the other nations; I will judge and punish them because they scattered my Israeli people and forced them to go to other countries. They divided up my land

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

In Context

1Yahweh says this: “At that time [DOU], I will enable the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to prosper again.

3and they ◄threw marked stones/cast lots► to determine who would get each of my people. Then they sold some of the Israeli boys and girls to get money to pay for prostitutes and wine to drink.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:26The following day they gathered in Beracah Valley and praised Yahweh there. That is why that valley is still called Beracah, which means praise.

Jeremiah 12:14This is also what Yahweh said to me: “ I will punish the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israeli people, and I will force them to leave their own land. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their land, also.

Jeremiah 49:1This message is about the Ammon people-group. This is what Yahweh says: “There are [RHQ] plenty of Israeli people left to occupy the land of the tribe of Gad. So, why are [RHQ] the people who worship the god Molech living in those towns?

Ezekiel 35:10You people said, “Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!” You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there and protecting them.

Ezekiel 38:22I will punish [MTY] you and your soldiers with plagues and murders [MTY]. And I will send down from the sky, on you and your troops that have come from many nations, huge amounts of rain and hail and burning sulfur.

Joel 3:12The people in the nations near Judah must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There Yahweh will sit and judge and punish them.

Matthew Henry on Joel 3:2-9

Threatenings against Israel's Enemies. ( b. c. 720.) 1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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