\id JOL  
\h Joel 
\toc1 Joel 
\toc2 Joel 
\mt1 Joel  
\c 1  
\s1 Introduction  
\p  
\q1
\v 1  \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*’s \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* given  
\q1 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pethuel|strong="H6602"\w*:   
\s1 A Locust Plague Foreshadows the Day of the Lord  
\q1
\v 2  \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*;  
\q1 \w pay|strong="H8085"\w* \w attention|strong="H8085"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land.  
\q1 \w Has|strong="H1961"\w* \w anything|strong="H3605"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w whole|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H3117"\w*  
\q1 \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lifetime|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors?   
\q1
\v 3  \w Tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* following \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w What|strong="H3499"\w* \w the|strong="H3499"\w* \it gazam\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* \w left|strong="H3499"\w* \w the|strong="H3499"\w* \it ‘arbeh\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* consumed,  
\q1 \it what the ‘arbeh\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* \it left the yeleq\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* consumed,  
\q1 \it and what the yeleq\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* \it left the hasil\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* consumed!   
\q1
\v 5  \w Wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w drunkards|strong="H7910"\w*, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*!  
\q1 \w Wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w drinkers|strong="H8354"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sweet|strong="H6071"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* taken \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3772"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w nation|strong="H1471"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w invaded|strong="H5927"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* land.  
\q1 \w There|strong="H5927"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w many|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w too|strong="H5921"\w* \w numerous|strong="H6099"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w count|strong="H4557"\w*.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H5921"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3833"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* tear apart \w their|strong="H5921"\w* prey \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7  \w They|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H8299"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8047"\w* \w our|strong="H7760"\w* \w vines|strong="H1612"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H8299"\w* \w turned|strong="H7760"\w* \w our|strong="H7760"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* \w into|strong="H7993"\w* mere \w splinters|strong="H7111"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H8299"\w* completely \w stripped|strong="H2834"\w* \w off|strong="H7993"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* bark \w and|strong="H1612"\w* \w thrown|strong="H7993"\w* \w them|strong="H7760"\w* aside;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w twigs|strong="H8299"\w* \w are|strong="H8299"\w* \w stripped|strong="H2834"\w* \w bare|strong="H2834"\w*.   
\s1 A Call to Lament  
\q1
\v 8  Wail \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young \w virgin|strong="H1330"\w* \w clothed|strong="H2296"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*,  
\q1 lamenting \w the|strong="H5921"\w* death \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* husband-to-be.   
\q1
\v 9  \w No|strong="H3772"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* brings grain \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*  
\q1 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* anymore.  
\q1 So \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* mourning.   
\q1
\v 10  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* crops \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w is|strong="H1715"\w* \w in|strong="H7704"\w* mourning \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* perished.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w fresh|strong="H3323"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* olive \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* languishes.   
\q1
\v 11  \w Be|strong="H3588"\w* distressed, farmers;  
\q1 \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w vinedressers|strong="H3755"\w*, \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.  
\q1 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* perished.   
\q1
\v 12  \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* languishes –  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pomegranate|strong="H7416"\w*, \w date|strong="H8558"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w apple|strong="H8598"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w well|strong="H1571"\w*.  
\q1 \w In|strong="H1121"\w* fact, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w joy|strong="H8342"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13  Get \w dressed|strong="H2296"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w lament|strong="H5594"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*!  
\q1 \w Wail|strong="H3213"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*!  
\q1 \w Come|strong="H2296"\w*, \w spend|strong="H3885"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w servants|strong="H8334"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* God,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* no \w one|strong="H3588"\w* brings grain \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w* \w or|strong="H1004"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*  
\q1 \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* God \w anymore|strong="H4513"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \w Announce|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*;  
\q1 \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacred \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*.  
\q1 Gather \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land  
\q1 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.   
\q1
\v 15  \w How|strong="H3588"\w* awful \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q1 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w*;  
\q1 \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* come \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Divine Destroyer.   
\q1
\v 16  \w Our|strong="H5048"\w* \w food|strong="H1004"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w* \w right|strong="H5869"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w our|strong="H5048"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*!  
\q1 There \w is|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H3808"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H5048"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*!   
\q1
\v 17  \w The|strong="H3588"\w* grains \w of|strong="H8478"\w* \w seed|strong="H6507"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w shriveled|strong="H3001"\w* \w beneath|strong="H8478"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* shovels.  
\q1 Storehouses \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been decimated  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1715"\w* granaries \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been \w torn|strong="H2040"\w* \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18  Listen \w to|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* groan!  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* livestock wander \w around|strong="H5739"\w* \w in|strong="H6629"\w* confusion  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* no \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w*.  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w of|strong="H6629"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* suffering.   
\q1
\v 19  \w To|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* help,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w fire|strong="H3857"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w burned|strong="H3857"\w* \w up|strong="H3857"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* grassy \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w*,  
\q1 \w flames|strong="H3852"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* razed \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animals \w cry|strong="H6165"\w* \w out|strong="H4325"\w* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w river|strong="H3588"\w* beds \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*;  
\q1 fire \w has|strong="H3588"\w* destroyed \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grassy \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w*.   
\c 2  
\p  
\q1
\v 1  \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*;  
\q1 \w sound|strong="H7321"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w alarm|strong="H7321"\w* signal \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w*!  
\q1 Let \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w shake|strong="H7264"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* fear,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7264"\w*.  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w near|strong="H7138"\w*!   
\q1
\v 2  \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* dreadful \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*,  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* foreboding storm \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H3644"\w* blackness \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*.  
\q1 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* –  
\q1 \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w anything|strong="H4480"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w before|strong="H4480"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w anything|strong="H4480"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w generations|strong="H1755"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w come|strong="H1961"\w*!   
\q1
\v 3  \w Like|strong="H1961"\w* \w fire|strong="H3857"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* devour everything \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* path;  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flame|strong="H3852"\w* \w blazes|strong="H3857"\w* behind \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w looks|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* behind \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w only|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* –  
\q1 \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w escapes|strong="H6413"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*!   
\q1
\v 4  \w They|strong="H3651"\w* look \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w charge|strong="H7323"\w* ahead \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w war|strong="H6571"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H7540"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w* \w rumbling|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H7540"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w crackling|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* blazing fire consuming \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H7540"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* drawn \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \w People|strong="H5971"\w* \w writhe|strong="H2342"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w fear|strong="H6440"\w* when \w they|strong="H5971"\w* see \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* \w turn|strong="H6908"\w* \w pale|strong="H6289"\w* \w with|strong="H6440"\w* fright.   
\q1
\v 7  \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w charge|strong="H7323"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w warriors|strong="H1368"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* scale \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\q1 Each \w one|strong="H3808"\w* proceeds \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w course|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w alter|strong="H5670"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \w They|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w jostle|strong="H1766"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w another|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q1 each \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w* marches straight ahead.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w burst|strong="H5307"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* city \w defenses|strong="H7973"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w break|strong="H1214"\w* \w ranks|strong="H1214"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w rush|strong="H8264"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H7323"\w* scale \w its|strong="H5927"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H7323"\w* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thief|strong="H1590"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* \w quakes|strong="H7264"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w reverberates|strong="H7493"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w grow|strong="H6937"\w* \w dark|strong="H6937"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* refuse \w to|strong="H6440"\w* shine.   
\q1
\v 11  \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w thunders|strong="H6963"\w* \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* leads \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w*.  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w warriors|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* innumerable;  
\q1 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w command|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w carried|strong="H6213"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w*!  
\q1 \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w awesome|strong="H3372"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w terrifying|strong="H3372"\w* – \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w survive|strong="H3557"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*?   
\s1 An Appeal for Repentance  
\q1
\v 12 “\w Yet|strong="H1571"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*,” \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* –  
\q1 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourning|strong="H4553"\w*.  
\q1 Tear \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*,  
\q1 \w not|strong="H1571"\w* \w just|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* garments!”   
\q1
\v 13  \w Return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7349"\w*,  
\q1 slow \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w anger|strong="H3824"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* boundless \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w loyal|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* – often \w relenting|strong="H5162"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* calamitous punishment.   
\q1
\v 14  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w*?  
\q1 \w Perhaps|strong="H4310"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* grant \w a|strong="H3068"\w* reprieve,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* wake –  
\q1 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w meal|strong="H4503"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w drink|strong="H5262"\w* \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* offer \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!   
\q1
\v 15  \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H7121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*.  
\q1 \w Announce|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6942"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w*;  
\q1 \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacred \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*!   
\q1
\v 16  \w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;  
\q1 \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w an|strong="H3318"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6951"\w*!  
\q1 \w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*;  
\q1 \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w nursing|strong="H3243"\w* \w infants|strong="H5768"\w*.  
\q1 Let \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w bridegroom|strong="H2860"\w* \w come|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H6942"\w* \w bedroom|strong="H2315"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w bride|strong="H3618"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w her|strong="H3318"\w* private quarters.   
\q1
\v 17  \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*  
\q1 \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* vestibule \w all|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w way|strong="H5921"\w* back \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\q1 \w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* say, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w pity|strong="H2347"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;  
\q1 please \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w turn|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* mocked,  
\q1 \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* proverb \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.  
\q1 \w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* said \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Where|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*?”   
\s1 The \nd Lord\nd*’s Response  
\q1
\v 18  \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w became|strong="H7065"\w* \w zealous|strong="H7065"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* land;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassion|strong="H2550"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 19  \w The|strong="H5414"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w responded|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q1 “\w Look|strong="H2005"\w*! \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w about|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* restore \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*  
\q1 \w as|strong="H3068"\w* well \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w fresh|strong="H3323"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* olive \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* fully \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w an|strong="H5414"\w* object \w of|strong="H3068"\w* mockery \w among|strong="H2781"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20  \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w remove|strong="H7368"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* north \w far|strong="H7368"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w drive|strong="H5080"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w* \w out|strong="H5080"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6723"\w* \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w desolate|strong="H8077"\w* \w place|strong="H6723"\w*.  
\q1 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w be|strong="H6440"\w* \w driven|strong="H5080"\w* \w eastward|strong="H6931"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w westward|strong="H3220"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Mediterranean \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\q1 \w His|strong="H6440"\w* stench \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w rise|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w foul|strong="H6709"\w* \w smell|strong="H6709"\w*.”  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd Lord\nd* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* \w things|strong="H1431"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21  \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* land!  
\q1 \w Rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* \w things|strong="H1431"\w*!   
\q1
\v 22  \w Do|strong="H1612"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*, \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animals!  
\q1 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w* are again \w green|strong="H1876"\w* \w with|strong="H6086"\w* grass.  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w bear|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w yield|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* fullest.   
\q1
\v 23  \w Citizens|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w*, \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*!  
\q1 \w Be|strong="H3068"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H5414"\w*!  
\q1 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w early|strong="H4175"\w* \w rains|strong="H1653"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w vindication|strong="H6666"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w rains|strong="H1653"\w* –  
\q1 both \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w early|strong="H4175"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w late|strong="H4456"\w* \w rains|strong="H1653"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w formerly|strong="H7223"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24  \w The|strong="H4390"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floors|strong="H1637"\w* \w are|strong="H4390"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* \w of|strong="H4390"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w vats|strong="H3342"\w* \w overflow|strong="H7783"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w fresh|strong="H3323"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H8492"\w* olive \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*.   
\q1
\v 25  \w I|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H2428"\w* \w make|strong="H7999"\w* \w up|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*  
\q1 \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \it the ‘arbeh\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* consumed \w your|strong="H7971"\w* crops –  
\q1 \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \it yeleq\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w*, \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \it hasil\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w*, \w and|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H7971"\w* \it gazam\it*\w -locust|strong="H3218"\w* –  
\q1 \w my|strong="H7971"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w army|strong="H2428"\w* \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w I|strong="H8141"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w against|strong="H7971"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26  \w You|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w plenty|strong="H7646"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* eat,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* hunger \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* fully \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w acted|strong="H6213"\w* \w wondrously|strong="H6381"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w behalf|strong="H5973"\w*.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* again \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* shame.   
\q1
\v 27  \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* convinced \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w midst|strong="H7130"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w*.  
\q1 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* shame.   
\s1 An Outpouring of the Spirit  
\q1
\v 28  After all of this  
\q1 I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people.  
\q1 Your sons and daughters will prophesy.  
\q1 Your elderly will have revelatory dreams;  
\q1 your young men will see prophetic visions.   
\q1
\v 29  Even on male and female servants  
\q1 I will pour out my Spirit in those days.   
\q1
\v 30  I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth –  
\q1 blood, fire, and columns of smoke.   
\q1
\v 31  The sunlight will be turned to darkness  
\q1 and the moon to the color of blood,  
\q1 before the day of the \nd Lord\nd* comes –  
\q1 that great and terrible day!   
\q1
\v 32  It will so happen that  
\q1 everyone who calls on the name of the \nd Lord\nd* will be delivered.  
\q1 For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive,  
\q1 just as the \nd Lord\nd* has promised;  
\q1 the remnant will be those whom the \nd Lord\nd* will call.   
\c 3  
\p  
\q1
\v 1  \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w*! \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* days \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w*  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* return \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w exiles|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* Judah \w and|strong="H1121"\w* Jerusalem.   
\q1
\v 2  \w Then|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* gather \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* nations,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* bring \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* valley \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Jehoshaphat.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* enter \w into|strong="H5921"\w* judgment \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q1 \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1571"\w* Israel \w who|strong="H5650"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* inheritance,  
\q1 \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* scattered \w among|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* nations.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* partitioned \w my|strong="H5921"\w* land,   
\q1
\v 3  \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* \w cast|strong="H5414"\w* lots \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5414"\w* \w traded|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* boy \w for|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5414"\w* sold \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little girl \w for|strong="H5414"\w* wine \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* could drink.   
\q1
\v 4  Why \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* doing \w these|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, Tyre \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Sidon?  
\q1 \w Are|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* get \w even|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Philistia?  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* quickly repay \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w what|strong="H3372"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done!   
\q1
\v 5  \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* silver \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* gold  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* precious valuables \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* palaces.   
\q1
\v 6  You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks,  
\q1 removing them far from their own country.   
\q1
\v 7  Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them.  
\q1 I will repay you for what you have done!   
\q1
\v 8  I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah.  
\q1 They will sell them to the Sabeans, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation far away.  
\q1 Indeed, the \nd Lord\nd* has spoken!   
\s1 Judgment in the Valley of Jehoshaphat  
\q1
\v 9  Proclaim this among the nations:  
\q1 “Prepare for \w a|strong="H3068"\w* holy war!  
\q1 Call out the warriors!  
\q1 Let all these fighting men approach and attack!   
\q1
\v 10  Beat your plowshares into swords,  
\q1 and your pruning hooks into spears!  
\q1 Let the weak say, ‘I too am \w a|strong="H3068"\w* warrior!’   
\q1
\v 11  Lend your aid and come,  
\q1 all you surrounding nations,  
\q1 and gather yourselves to that place.”  
\q1 Bring down, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \nd Lord\nd*, your warriors!   
\q1
\v 12  Let the nations be roused and let them go up  
\q1 to the valley of Jehoshaphat,  
\q1 for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.   
\q1
\v 13  Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe!  
\q1 Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full!  
\q1 The vats overflow.  
\q1 Indeed, their evil is great!   
\q1
\v 14  Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,  
\q1 for the day of the \nd Lord\nd* is near in the valley of decision!   
\q1
\v 15  The sun and moon are darkened;  
\q1 the stars withhold their brightness.   
\q1
\v 16  The \nd Lord\nd* roars from Zion;  
\q1 from Jerusalem his voice bellows out.  
\q1 The heavens and the earth shake.  
\q1 But the \nd Lord\nd* is \w a|strong="H3068"\w* refuge for his people;  
\q1 he is \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stronghold for the citizens of Israel.   
\s1 The \nd Lord\nd*’s Presence in Zion  
\q1
\v 17  You will be convinced that I the \nd Lord\nd* am your God,  
\q1 dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain.  
\q1 Jerusalem will be holy –  
\q1 conquering armies will no longer pass through it.   
\q1
\v 18  On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,  
\q1 and the hills will flow with milk.  
\q1 All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water.  
\q1 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* spring will flow out from the temple of the \nd Lord\nd*,  
\q1 watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.   
\q1
\v 19  Egypt will be desolate  
\q1 and Edom will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desolate wilderness,  
\q1 because of the violence they did to the people of Judah,  
\q1 in whose land they shed innocent blood.   
\q1
\v 20  But Judah will reside securely forever,  
\q1 and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next.   
\q1
\v 21  I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted.  
\p It is the \nd Lord\nd* who dwells in Zion!   