Yu'AL (Joel) — 3
Judgment against Enemy Nations
1 “At the time of those events,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, “when I restore the prosperity of Yahudah and Yahushalam,
2 I will gather the armies of the world into the valley of Yahushaphat, there I will judge them for harming my people, My special possession, for scattering My people among the nations, and for dividing up my land.
3 They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves, they traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.
4 “What do you have against me, Tyra and Sidun and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.
5 You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and have carried them off to your pagan temples.
6 You have sold the people of Yahudah and Yahushalam to the Greeks, so they could take them far from their homeland.
7 “But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Yahudah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia, a nation far away,
I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have spoken!”
9 Say to the nations far and wide: “Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors, Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
10 Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears, Train even your weaklings to be warriors.
11 Come quickly, all you nations everywhere. Gather together in the valley.”
And now, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, call out your warriors!
12 “Let the nations be called to arms, Let them march to the valley of Yahushaphat, there I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, will sit to pronounce judgment on them all.
13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe, come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full, the storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people.”
14 Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision, there the day of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will soon arrive.
15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
16 For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s voice will roar from Ziun and thunder from Yahushalam and the Shamaym and the Arath will shake, but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will be a refuge for His people, a strong fortress for the people of Yashar'AL.
Barakah for YAHUAH’s People
17 “Then you will know that I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH live in Ziun, my Qadash mountain, Yahushalam will be Qadash forever, and foreign armies will never conquer her again.
18 In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk, water will fill the stream beds of Yahudah, and a fountain will burst forth from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s Temple, watering the arid valley of acacias.
19 But Mitzraym will become a wasteland and Adum will become a wilderness, because they attacked the people of Yahudah and killed innocent people in their land.
20 “But Yahudah will be filled with people forever, and Yahushalam will endure through all generations.
21 I will pardon My people’s crimes, which I have not yet pardoned; and I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, will make My home in Yahushalam with my people.”