16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days, Gog, that I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, when I demonstrate my holiness through you in their sight.(A)

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16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud(A) that covers the land.(B) In days to come, Gog, I will bring you against my land, so that the nations may know me when I am proved holy(C) through you before their eyes.(D)

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I will gather all the nations(A)
and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[a](B)
I will enter into judgment with them there(C)
because of my people, my inheritance Israel.
The nations have scattered the Israelites
in foreign countries(D)
and divided up my land.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:2 = The Lord Will Judge

I will gather(A) all nations
    and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[a](B)
There I will put them on trial(C)
    for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(D) my people among the nations
    and divided up my land.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:2 Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges; also in verse 12.

11 Come quickly,[a] all you surrounding nations;
gather yourselves.(A)
Bring down your warriors there, Lord.(B)

12 Let the nations be roused
and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit down
to judge all the surrounding nations.(C)

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  1. 3:11 LXX, Syr, Tg read Gather yourselves and come; Hb obscure

11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble(A) there.

Bring down your warriors,(B) Lord!

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(C)
for there I will sit
    to judge(D) all the nations on every side.

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I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle.(A) The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

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I will gather all the nations(A) to Jerusalem to fight against it;(B) the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped.(C) Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.(D)

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