Joel 3:12

Let the nations wake themselves up 1 and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. 1 For there will I sit to judge 1 all the surrounding nations. 1

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Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

In Context

11Hurry and come, 1 all you nearby nations, 1 gather yourselves together there. Yahweh, bring down your mighty warriors. 1

13Put in the sickle, 1 for the harvest is ripe. 1 Come, crush the grapes, 1 for the winepress is full. 1 The vats overflow, 1 for their wickedness is enormous.” 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:26On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah. There they praised Yahweh, so the name of that place is the “Valley of Berakah” to this day.

Psalms 7:6Arise, Yahweh, in your anger; 1 stand up against the rage of my enemies; 1 wake up for my sake and carry out the righteous decrees that you have commanded for them. 1

Psalms 96:13before Yahweh, for he is coming. 1 He is coming to judge the earth. 1 He will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the peoples with his faithfulness.

Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand. 1 He will kill kings on the day of his anger. 1

Isaiah 3:13Yahweh stands up for an accusation; he is standing to accuse the people. 1

Ezekiel 39:11Then it will happen on that day that I will make a place there for Gog—a grave in Israel, a valley for those who journey to the east of the sea. It will block those who wish to cross over. There they will bury Gog with all his multitudes. They will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.

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 →

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