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Joel 3:16

New English Translation

The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

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The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.

The Lord gives his people strength; the Lord grants his people security.

Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy.

The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high.

This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.

Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power.

I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”

Then I said, “Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, ‘Our ancestors had nothing but false gods – worthless idols that could not help them at all.

Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble.

In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.

Amos said: “The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds’ pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers.”

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy?

The Lord is good – indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him.

Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.

I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord who rules over all.

Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name,” says the Lord.

“I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them.

Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you.

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”

Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake – an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.

The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”




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