Joel 3:6-21

New International Version

⁶You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,^(A) that you might send them far from their homeland.

⁷“See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,^(B) and I will return^(C) on your own heads what you have done. ⁸I will sell your sons^(D) and daughters to the people of Judah,^(E) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,^(F) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.^(G)

⁹Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!^(H)
Rouse the warriors!^(I)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
¹⁰Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks^(J) into spears.^(K)
Let the weakling^(L) say,
    “I am strong!”^(M)
¹¹Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble^(N) there.

Bring down your warriors,^(O) Lord!

¹²“Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,^(P)
for there I will sit
    to judge^(Q) all the nations on every side.
¹³Swing the sickle,^(R)
    for the harvest^(S) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,^(T)
    for the winepress^(U) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

¹⁴Multitudes,^(V) multitudes
    in the valley^(W) of decision!
For the day of the Lord^(X) is near
    in the valley of decision.^(Y)
¹⁵The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.^(Z)
¹⁶The Lord will roar^(AA) from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;^(AB)
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.^(AC)
But the Lord will be a refuge^(AD) for his people,
    a stronghold^(AE) for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People

¹⁷“Then you will know^(AF) that I, the Lord your God,^(AG)
dwell in Zion,^(AH) my holy hill.^(AI)
Jerusalem will be holy;^(AJ)
never again will foreigners invade her.^(AK)

¹⁸“In that day the mountains will drip new wine,^(AL)
    and the hills will flow with milk;^(AM)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.^(AN)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house^(AO)
    and will water the valley of acacias.^[a]^(AP)
¹⁹But Egypt^(AQ) will be desolate,
    Edom^(AR) a desert waste,
because of violence^(AS) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.
²⁰Judah will be inhabited forever^(AT)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
²¹Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?^(AU)
    No, I will not.^(AV)”