Joel 3:2

I will also gather all the + 3:2 Or, nations. See Mat 25,31. Gentiles, and bring them down to the valley of Josaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and my heritage Israel, who have been dispersed among the Gentiles; and these Gentiles have divided my land,

LXX2012 (US English)

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

1For, behold, in those days and at that time, when I shall have turned the captivity of Juda and Jerusalem,

3and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:26And it came to pass on the fourth day they were gathered to the Valley of Blessing; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of the place the Valley of Blessing, until this day.

Jeremiah 12:14For thus says the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbors that touch my inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I will draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them.

Jeremiah 49:1Then came all the leaders of the host, and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasaeas, and all the people great and small,

Ezekiel 35:10Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there:

Ezekiel 38:22And I will judge him with pestilence, and blood, and sweeping rain, and hailstones; and I will rain upon him fire and brimstone, and upon all that are with him, and upon many nations with him.

Joel 3:12Let them be aroused, let all the nations go up to the valley of Josaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the Gentiles round about.

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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