Joel 3:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Joel 3:10

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.”

9 ^aProclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.

10 ^aBeat your plowshares into swords
And your¹ pruning hooks into spears;
^bLet the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause ^aYour mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.

12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to ^ajudge all the surrounding nations.

13 ^aPut in the sickle, for ^bthe harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the ^cwinepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.”

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For ^athe day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.

16 The Lord also will roar from Zion,
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
^aBut the Lord will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.

17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My ^aholy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”

God Blesses His People

18 And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A ^afountain shall flow from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of¹ Acacias.

Verse Comparison: Joel 3:10

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American Standard Version
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Amplified® Bible
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong [a warrior]!

Contemporary English Version
Make swords out of plows and spears out of garden tools. Strengthen every weakling."

Darby English Version
Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

Good News Bible
Hammer the points of your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Even the weak must fight.

King James Version
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

New American Standard Bible
Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."

New International Version
Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
"I am strong!"

New King James Version
Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong."

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I feel like a mighty man."

Revised Standard Version
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am a warrior."

Young's Literal Translation
Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I `am' mighty.'

New English Translation
Beat your plowshares¹ into swords, and your pruning hooks² into spears!³ Let the weak say, ‘I too am a warrior!’⁴

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