Joel 3:2-4
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 (A)I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And (B)I will enter into judgement with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, 3 and (C)have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
4 “What are you to me, (D)O Tyre and Sidon, and all (E)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, (F)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily.
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Joel 3:2-4
New International Version
2 I will gather(A) all nations
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[a](B)
There I will put them on trial(C)
for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(D) my people among the nations
and divided up my land.
3 They cast lots(E) for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine(F) to drink.
4 “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(G) and all you regions of Philistia?(H) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(I)
Footnotes
- Joel 3:2 Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges; also in verse 12.
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