“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 an harlot,
and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye
to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will
ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and]
speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; 5 Because ye
have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my
goodly pleasant things: 6 The children also of Judah and the children of
Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far
from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither
ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 8
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the
children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people
far off: for the LORD hath spoken [it].”
“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 pruninghooks 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 I sit to judge all
the heathen round about. 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is
ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for
their wickedness [is] great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of
decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw
their shining. 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his
voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the
LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children
of Israel. 17 So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in
Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no
strangers pass through her any more.”
“18 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall
drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the
rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth
of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence [against] the children of Judah, because they have shed
innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and
Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21 For I will cleanse their
blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.” (Joel
3:1-21 AV)