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   [23] Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God:   
   for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come   
   down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first   
   month.   
   [24] And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with   
   wine and oil.   
   [25] And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the   
   cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I   
   sent among you.   
   [26] And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of   
   the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall   
   never be ashamed.   
   [27] And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the   
   LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.   
      
   The Outpouring of the Spirit   
      
   28 (Eze 39:29; Isa 32:15) And it will be that, afterwards,   
   I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;   
   then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,   
   your old men will dream dreams,   
   and your young men will see visions.   
   29 (1Co 12:13; Gal 3:28) Even on the menservants and maidservants   
   in those days I will pour out My Spirit.   
   30 (Lk 21:11; Mt 24:29) Then I will work wonders in the heavens   
   and the earth-   
   blood and fire and columns of smoke.   
   31 (Mal 4:5; Isa 13:9-10) The sun will be turned to darkness,   
   and the moon to blood,   
   before the great and awe-inspiring day of the Lord comes.   
   32 (Isa 46:13; Ob 1:17) And it will be that everyone   
   who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.   
   For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem   
   there will be deliverance,   
   as the Lord has said,   
   and among the survivors   
   whom the Lord calls.   
      
   [28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit   
   upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old   
   men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:   
   [29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I   
   pour out my spirit.   
   [30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and   
   fire, and pillars of smoke.   
   [31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before   
   the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.   
   [32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the   
   LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be   
   deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall   
   call.   
      
   Joel 3   
      
   Judging the Nations   
      
   1 (Jer 16:15; 30:3) In those days and at that time,   
   when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,   
   2 (Isa 66:16; Eze 35:10) I will gather all the nations,   
   and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.   
   I will enter into judgment with them there   
   regarding My people and My heritage Israel,   
   whom they have scattered among the nations;   
   they have also divided up My land.   
   3 (Am 2:6; Ob 1:11) They have cast lots for My people,   
   and have traded a boy for a prostitute;   
   they have sold a girl for wine,   
   that they might drink.   
   4 (Isa 34:8; 59:18) Also, what are you to Me, Tyre and Sidon   
   and all the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying Me   
   for something? If you are repaying Me, I will return your payment   
   swiftly and speedily on your head.   
   5 (2Ki 12:18; 2Ch 21:16-17) For you have taken My silver and My gold,   
   and you have carried off My finest treasures to your temples.   
   6 (Eze 27:13; Joel 3:3) You have sold the people of Judah   
   and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their border.   
   7 (Isa 43:5-6; Jer 23:8) I am about to rouse them from the place   
   to which you have sold them, and I will return your payment on your head.   
   8 (Isa 60:14; Job 1:15) I will sell your sons and your daughters   
   into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them   
   to the Sabeans-to a distant nation, for the Lord has spoken.   
   9 (Isa 8:9-10; Jer 46:3-4) Proclaim this among the nations:   
   Consecrate a war!   
   Stir up the mighty men!   
   Let all the men of war draw near and rise.   
   10 (Isa 2:4; Mic 4:3) Beat your plowshares into swords   
   and your pruning hooks into spears;   
   let the weakling say,   
   "I am a warrior!"   
   11 (Isa 13:3; Zep 3:8) Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,   
   and gather there.   
   Bring down Your warriors, O Lord.   
   12 (Isa 2:4; Ps 96:13) Let the nations be roused,   
   and go up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;   
   for there I will sit   
   to judge all the surrounding nations.   
   13 (Hos 6:11; Isa 63:3) Swing the sickle,   
   for the harvest is ripe.   
   Come and tread,   
   for the winepress is full.   
   The wine vats overflow,   
   because their evil is great.   
   14 (Isa 34:2-8; Joel 1:15) Multitudes, multitudes,   
   in the valley of decision!   
   For the day of the Lord is near   
   in the valley of the decision.   
   15 (Joel 2:10; 2:31) The sun and moon darken,   
   and the stars withdraw their radiance.   
   16 (Am 1:2; Eze 38:19) The Lord roars from Zion,   
   and sounds His voice from Jerusalem,   
   and heaven and earth quake.   
   But the Lord is a refuge for His people,   
   and a stronghold for the children of Israel.   
      
   Joel 3   
   [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 recompence   
   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.   
      
   The Lord Dwells in Zion   
      
   17 (Joel 2:27; Isa 4:3) Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,   
   who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain.   
   And Jerusalem will be holy,   
      
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