The verdict scene. 'In those days… I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat.' The charges are specific: they scattered his people, parted his land, cast lots for his people, sold a boy for a harlot and a girl for wine; Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia trafficked Judah's children. The nations are summoned to arm ('beat your plowshares into swords') and answer to their own destruction: 'Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!' Jehovah roars from Zion, yet is a refuge to his people. A fountain flows from his house; Judah abides for ever, 'for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Joel — Joel overview

A. 1–8 Judged in the valley of Jehoshaphat for scattering my people
B. 9–16 Beat plowshares into swords; multitudes in the valley of decision
C. 17–21 A fountain from the house of the LORD, and Judah forever

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Joel 33 verses
- Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
- Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Joel 3:8I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
- Read Joel 3 →
Joel 23 verses
- Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Joel 2:27Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Read Joel 2 →
Zephaniah 32 verses
- Zephaniah 3:8Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
- Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
- Read Zephaniah 3 →
Zechariah 142 verses
- Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
- Zechariah 14:18And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Read Zechariah 14 →

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Amos 12 verses
- Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Amos 1:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- Read Amos 1 →
Micah 42 verses
- Micah 4:3Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
- Micah 4:12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
- Read Micah 4 →
Isaiah 21 verse
- Isaiah 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Read Isaiah 2 →
Jeremiah 301 verse
- Jeremiah 30:3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
- Read Jeremiah 30 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.