Jol Joel, chapter Book of Joel, chapter 3
“For behold, in those days, and in that time, || When I turn back [to] the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, Then I have gathered all the nations, || And caused them to go down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, || And I have been in judgment with them there, || Concerning My people and My inheritance—Israel, || Whom they scattered among nations, || And My land they have apportioned. And for My people they cast a lot, || And they give the young man for a harlot, || And have sold the young woman for wine, || That they may drink. And also, what [are] yöu to Me, O Tyre and Sidon, || And all circuits of Philistia? Are yöu rendering repayment to Me? And if yöu are giving repayment to Me, || Swiftly, quickly, I return yöur repayment on yöur head. In that My silver and My gold yöu took, || And My desirable things that are good, || Yöu have brought into yöur temples. And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, || Yöu have sold to the sons of Javan, || To put them far off from their border. Behold, I am stirring them up out of the place || To where yöu have sold them, || And I have turned back yöur repayment on yöur head, And have sold yöur sons and yöur daughters || Into the hand of the sons of Judah, || And they have sold them to Sabeans, || To a nation far off, for YHWH has spoken.” Proclaim this among nations, || Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, || Come near, come up, let all the men of war. Beat yöur plowshares to swords, || And yöur pruning-hooks to javelins, || Let the weak say, “I [am] mighty.” Hurry, and come in, all yöu nations around, || And be gathered together, || There cause to come down, O YHWH, || Your mighty ones. “Let the nations wake and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, || For there I sit to judge all the nations around. Send forth a sickle, || For harvest has ripened, || Come in, come down, for the press has been filled, || Winepresses have overflowed, || For great [is] their wickedness.” Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the Valley of Decision, || For near [is] the Day of YHWH in the Valley of Decision. Sun and moon have been black, || And stars have gathered up their shining. And YHWH roars from Zion, || And gives forth His voice from Jerusalem, || And the heavens and earth have shaken, || And YHWH [is] a refuge to His people, || And a stronghold to sons of Israel. “And yöu have known that I [am] yöur God YHWH, || Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain, || And Jerusalem has been holy, || And strangers do not pass over into it again.” And it has come to pass in that day, || The mountains drop down juice, || And the hills flow [with] milk, || And all streams of Judah go [with] water, || And a fountain from the house of YHWH goes forth, || And has watered the Valley of Shittim. “Egypt becomes a desolation, || And Edom becomes a desolation, a wilderness, || For violence [to] sons of Judah, || Whose innocent blood they shed in their land. And Judah dwells for all time, || And Jerusalem to generation and generation. And I have declared their blood innocent, || [That] I did not declare innocent, || And YHWH is dwelling in Zion!”