Common English Bible

Joel 3:1-6 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. Truly, in those days and in that time, I will bring back to Judah and Jerusalem those who were sent away.

2. I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them to the Jehoshaphat Valley. There I will enter into judgment with them in support of my people and my possession, Israel, which they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

3. and have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, which they drank down.

4. What are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, then in a flash I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads.

5. You have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.

6. You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border.