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Joel 3

God Is a Safe Hiding Place

3"In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem,H3117H6256H7725H7725H7622H3063H33892I'll assemble all the godless nations. I'll lead them down into Judgment Valley And put them all on trial, and judge them one and all because of their treatment of my own people Israel. They scattered my people all over the pagan world and grabbed my land for themselves.H6908H1471H3381H6010H3092H8199H5971H5159H3478H6340H1471H2505H7763They threw dice for my people and used them for barter. They would trade a boy for a whore, sell a girl for a bottle of wine when they wanted a drink.H3032H1486H5971H5414H3206H2181H4376H3207H3196H83544"As for you, Tyre and Sidon and Philistia, why should I bother with you? Are you trying to get back at me for something I did to you? If you are, forget it. I'll see to it that it boomerangs on you.H6865H6721H1552H6429H7999H1576H1580H7031H4120H7725H1576H72185You robbed me, cleaned me out of silver and gold, carted off everything valuable to furnish your own temples.H3947H3701H2091H935H1964H2896H42616You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem into slavery to the Greeks in faraway places.H1121H3063H1121H3389H4376H3125H1121H7368H13667But I'm going to reverse your crime. I'm going to free those slaves. I'll have done to you what you did to them:H5782H4725H4376H7725H1576H72188I'll sell your children as slaves to your neighbors, And they'll sell them to the far-off Sabeans." GOD's Verdict.H4376H1121H1323H3027H1121H3063H4376H7615H1471H7350H3068H16969Announce this to the godless nations: Prepare for battle! Soldiers at attention! Present arms! Advance!H7121H1471H6942H4421H5782H1368H582H4421H5066H592710Turn your shovels into swords, turn your hoes into spears. Let the weak one throw out his chest and say, "I'm tough, I'm a fighter."H3807H855H2719H4211H7420H2523H559H136811Hurry up, pagans! Wherever you are, get a move on! Get your act together. Prepare to be shattered by GOD!H5789H935H1471H6908H5439H1368H5181H306812Let the pagan nations set out for Judgment Valley. There I'll take my place at the bench and judge all the surrounding nations.H1471H5782H5927H6010H3092H3427H8199H1471H543913"Swing the sickle— the harvest is ready. Stomp on the grapes— the winepress is full. The wine vats are full, overflowing with vintage evil.H7971H4038H7105H1310H935H3381H1660H4390H3342H7783H7451H722714"Mass confusion, mob uproar— in Decision Valley! GOD's Judgment Day has arrived in Decision Valley.H1995H1995H6010H2742H3117H3068H7138H6010H274215"The sky turns black, sun and moon go dark, stars burn out.H8121H3394H6937H3556H622H505116GOD roars from Zion, shouts from Jerusalem. Earth and sky quake in terror. But GOD is a safe hiding place, a granite safe house for the children of Israel.H3068H7580H6726H5414H6963H3389H8064H776H7493H3068H4268H5971H4581H1121H347817Then you'll know for sure that I'm your GOD, Living in Zion, my sacred mountain. Jerusalem will be a sacred city, posted: 'NO TRESPASSING.'H3045H3068H430H7931H6726H6944H2022H3389H6944H2114H5674

Milk Rivering Out of the Hills

18"What a day! Wine streaming off the mountains, Milk rivering out of the hills, water flowing everywhere in Judah, A fountain pouring out of GOD's Sanctuary, watering all the parks and gardens!H3117H2022H5197H6071H1389H3212H2461H650H3063H3212H4325H4599H3318H1004H3068H8248H5158H785119But Egypt will be reduced to weeds in a vacant lot, Edom turned into barren badlands, All because of brutalities to the Judean people, the atrocities and murders of helpless innocents.H4714H8077H123H8077H4057H2555H1121H3063H8210H5355H1818H77620Meanwhile, Judah will be filled with people, Jerusalem inhabited forever.H3063H3427H5769H3389H1755H175521The sins I haven't already forgiven, I'll forgive." GOD has moved into Zion for good.H5352H1818H5352H3068H7931H6726


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