1 “For behold, ain those days and at that time, When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
2aI will also gather all nations, And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; And I bwill enter into judgment with them there On account of My people, My heritage Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; They have also divided up My land.
3 They have acast lots for My people, Have given a boy aspayment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4 “Indeed, what have you to do with Me, aO Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you1 retaliate against Me? But if you1 retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your1 retaliation upon your own head;
5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold, And have carried into your temples My1 prized possessions.
6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.
7 “Behold, aI will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold them, And will return your1 retaliation upon your own head.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah, And they will sell them to the aSabeans, To a people bfar off; For the Lord has spoken.”
9aProclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
10aBeat your plowshares into swords And your1 pruning hooks into spears; bLet the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
GOD'S VENGEANCE ON ISRAEL'S FOES IN THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT. HIS BLESSING ON THE CHURCH. (Joel 3:1-21)
bring again the captivity—that is, reverse it. The Jews restrict this to the return from Babylon. Christians refer it to the coming of Christ. But the prophet comprises the whole redemption, beginning from the return out of Babylon, then continued from the first advent of Christ down to the last day (His second advent), when God will restore His Church to perfect felicity [CALVIN].
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