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Joel 3:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Joel 3:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the [a]valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people, and for mine 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 the child [b]for the harlot, and sold the girl for wine, that they might drink.
4 Yea, and [c]what have you to do with me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? will ye render me [d]a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I render your recompense upon your head:
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- Joel 3:2 It appeareth that he alludeth to that great victory of Jehoshaphat, when as God without man’s help destroyed the enemies, 2 Chron. 20:26, also he hath respect to this word Jehoshaphat which signifieth pleading or judgment, because God would judge the enemies of his Church, as he did there.
- Joel 3:3 That which the enemy gat for the sale of my people, he bestowed upon harlots and drink.
- Joel 3:4 He taketh the cause of his Church in hand against the enemy, as though the injury were done to himself.
- Joel 3:4 Have I done you wrong, that ye will render me the like?
Joel 3:2-4
New International Version
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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