You nations, come here and listen; you peoples, pay attention! Let the earth and all that fills it hear, the world and all that comes from it.
Joel 3:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; rouse the warriors; let all the men of war advance and attack! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. American Standard Version (1901) Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. Common English Bible Announce this among the nations: Prepare a holy war, wake up the warriors; let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! Catholic Public Domain Version Proclaim this among the Gentiles: "Sanctify a war, raise up the strong. Approach, ascend, all men of war. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Proclaim ye this among the nations: prepare war, rouse up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up. |
You nations, come here and listen; you peoples, pay attention! Let the earth and all that fills it hear, the world and all that comes from it.
Nations, hear the word of the Lord, and tell it among the far off coasts and islands! Say, ‘The one who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,
Announce to the nations; proclaim and raise up a signal flag; proclaim, and hide nothing. Say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is terrified.’ Her idols are put to shame; her false gods devastated.
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the Lord’s vengeance, vengeance for his temple.
Raise a signal flag in the land; blow a ram’s horn among the nations; set apart the nations against her. Summon kingdoms against her – Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.
Set them apart for war against her; rise up, let’s attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day is passing; the evening shadows grow long.
‘ “This is what the Lord God says: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through my servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?
‘ “Be prepared and get yourself ready, you and your whole assembly that has been mobilised around you; you will be their guard.
This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.
I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of Armies.
I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. 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.
Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations as he fights on a day of battle.