יואל ד׳
Joel 4
Hebrew
כִּ֗י הִנֵּ֛ה בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵ֖מָּה וּבָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑יא אֲשֶׁ֥ר (אשוב) [אָשִׁ֛יב] אֶת־שְׁב֥וּת יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ וְקִבַּצְתִּי֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְה֣וֹרַדְתִּ֔ים אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּ֨י עִמָּ֜ם שָׁ֗ם עַל־עַמִּ֨י וְנַחֲלָתִ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּזְּר֣וּ בַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאֶת־אַרְצִ֖י חִלֵּֽקוּ׃ וְאֶל־עַמִּ֖י יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֑ל וַֽיִּתְּנ֤וּ הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה וְהַיַּלְדָּ֛ה מָכְר֥וּ בַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ וְ֠גַ֠ם מָה־אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙ צֹ֣ר וְצִיד֔וֹן וְכֹ֖ל גְּלִיל֣וֹת פְּלָ֑שֶׁת הַגְּמ֗וּל אַתֶּם֙ מְשַׁלְּמִ֣ים עָלָ֔י וְאִם־גֹּמְלִ֤ים אַתֶּם֙ עָלַ֔י קַ֣ל מְהֵרָ֔ה אָשִׁ֥יב גְּמֻֽלְכֶ֖ם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ אֲשֶׁר־כַּסְפִּ֥י וּזְהָבִ֖י לְקַחְתֶּ֑ם וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙ הַטֹּבִ֔ים הֲבֵאתֶ֖ם לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם׃ וּבְנֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם מְכַרְתֶּ֖ם לִבְנֵ֣י הַיְּוָנִ֑ים לְמַ֥עַן הַרְחִיקָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל גְּבוּלָֽם׃ הִנְנִ֣י מְעִירָ֔ם מִ֨ן־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁר־מְכַרְתֶּ֥ם אֹתָ֖ם שָׁ֑מָּה וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י גְמֻֽלְכֶ֖ם בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ וּמָכַרְתִּ֞י אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם וְאֶת־בְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם בְּיַד֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּמְכָר֥וּם לִשְׁבָאיִ֖ם אֶל־גּ֣וֹי רָח֑וֹק כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ {פ}
קִרְאוּ־זֹאת֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם קַדְּשׁ֖וּ מִלְחָמָ֑ה הָעִ֙ירוּ֙ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֔ים יִגְּשׁ֣וּ יַֽעֲל֔וּ כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃ ע֣וּשׁוּ וָבֹ֧אוּ כׇֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּ שָׁ֕מָּה הַֽנְחַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃ יֵע֙וֹרוּ֙ וְיַעֲל֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם אֵשֵׁ֛ב לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב׃ שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃ הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶחָר֑וּץ כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶחָרֽוּץ׃ שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֖חַ קָדָ֑רוּ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נׇגְהָֽם׃ וַיהֹוָ֞ה מִצִּיּ֣וֹן יִשְׁאָ֗ג וּמִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֔וֹ וְרָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיהֹוָה֙ מַחֲסֶ֣ה לְעַמּ֔וֹ וּמָע֖וֹז לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ וִידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם שֹׁכֵ֖ן בְּצִיּ֣וֹן הַר־קׇדְשִׁ֑י וְהָיְתָ֤ה יְרוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ קֹ֔דֶשׁ וְזָרִ֥ים לֹא־יַֽעַבְרוּ־בָ֖הּ עֽוֹד׃ {ס} וְהָיָה֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יִטְּפ֧וּ הֶהָרִ֣ים עָסִ֗יס וְהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה חָלָ֔ב וְכׇל־אֲפִיקֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יֵ֣לְכוּ מָ֑יִם וּמַעְיָ֗ן מִבֵּ֤ית יְהֹוָה֙ יֵצֵ֔א וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה אֶת־נַ֥חַל הַשִּׁטִּֽים׃ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וֶאֱד֕וֹם לְמִדְבַּ֥ר שְׁמָמָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶ֑ה מֵֽחֲמַס֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפְכ֥וּ דָם־נָקִ֖יא בְּאַרְצָֽם׃ וִיהוּדָ֖ה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַיהֹוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃
קִרְאוּ־זֹאת֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם קַדְּשׁ֖וּ מִלְחָמָ֑ה הָעִ֙ירוּ֙ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֔ים יִגְּשׁ֣וּ יַֽעֲל֔וּ כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃ ע֣וּשׁוּ וָבֹ֧אוּ כׇֽל־הַגּוֹיִ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּ שָׁ֕מָּה הַֽנְחַ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃ יֵע֙וֹרוּ֙ וְיַעֲל֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם אֵשֵׁ֛ב לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב׃ שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃ הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶחָר֑וּץ כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶחָרֽוּץ׃ שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֖חַ קָדָ֑רוּ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נׇגְהָֽם׃ וַיהֹוָ֞ה מִצִּיּ֣וֹן יִשְׁאָ֗ג וּמִירוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ יִתֵּ֣ן קוֹל֔וֹ וְרָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם וָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיהֹוָה֙ מַחֲסֶ֣ה לְעַמּ֔וֹ וּמָע֖וֹז לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ וִידַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם שֹׁכֵ֖ן בְּצִיּ֣וֹן הַר־קׇדְשִׁ֑י וְהָיְתָ֤ה יְרוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ קֹ֔דֶשׁ וְזָרִ֥ים לֹא־יַֽעַבְרוּ־בָ֖הּ עֽוֹד׃ {ס} וְהָיָה֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַה֜וּא יִטְּפ֧וּ הֶהָרִ֣ים עָסִ֗יס וְהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ תֵּלַ֣כְנָה חָלָ֔ב וְכׇל־אֲפִיקֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה יֵ֣לְכוּ מָ֑יִם וּמַעְיָ֗ן מִבֵּ֤ית יְהֹוָה֙ יֵצֵ֔א וְהִשְׁקָ֖ה אֶת־נַ֥חַל הַשִּׁטִּֽים׃ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֣ה תִֽהְיֶ֔ה וֶאֱד֕וֹם לְמִדְבַּ֥ר שְׁמָמָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶ֑ה מֵֽחֲמַס֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפְכ֥וּ דָם־נָקִ֖יא בְּאַרְצָֽם׃ וִיהוּדָ֖ה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃ וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַיהֹוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃
English Translation
For lo! in those days
And in that time,
When I restore the fortunes
Of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.aJehoshaphat Here understood as “GOD contends”; contrast v. 12.
There I will contend with them
Over My very own people, Israel,
Which they scattered among the nations.
For they divided My land among themselves And cast lots over My people;
And they bartered a boy for a whore,
And sold a girl for wine, which they drank.
What is this you are doing to Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the districts of Philistia? Are you requiting Me for something I have done, or are you doing something for My benefit? Quick as a flash, I will pay you back; for you have taken My gold and My silver, and have carried off My precious treasures to your palaces; and you have sold the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem to the Ionians, so that you have removed them far away from their homeland. Behold, I will rouse them to leave the place you have sold them to, and I will pay you back: I will deliver your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them into captivity to a distant nation—for GOD has spoken. Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for battle!
Arouse the warriors,
Let all the fighters come and draw near! Beat your plowsharesbplowshares See note at Isa. 2.4. into swords,
And your pruning hooks into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am strong.” Rouse yourselvescRouse yourselves Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and come,
All you nations;
Come together
From round about.
There bring downdbring down Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Your warriors, O ETERNAL One! Let the nations rouse themselves and march up
To the Valley of Jehoshaphat;eJehoshaphat Here understood as “GOD judges”; contrast v. 2.
For there I will sit in judgment
Over all the nations round about. Swing the sickle,
For the crop is ripe;
Come and tread,
For the winepress is full,
The vats are overflowing!
For great is their wickedness. Multitudes upon multitudes
In the Valley of Decision!
For the day of GOD is at hand
In the Valley of Decision. Sun and moon are darkened,
And stars withdraw their brightness. And GOD will roar from Zion,
And shout aloud from Jerusalem,
So that heaven and earth tremble.
But GOD will be a shelter to this covenanted people,
A refuge to the children of Israel. And you shall know that I the ETERNAL your God
Dwell in Zion, My holy mount.
And Jerusalem shall be holy;
Nevermore shall strangers pass through it. And in that day,
The mountains shall drip with wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the watercourses of Judah shall flow with water;
A spring shall issue from the House of GOD
And shall water the Wadi of the Acacias. Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate waste,
Because of the outrage to the people of Judah,
In whose land they shed the blood of the innocent. But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
And Jerusalem throughout the ages. Thus I will treat as innocent their blood
That I have not treated as innocent;fI will treat as innocent their blood / That I have not treated as innocent Emendation yields “their unavenged blood shall be avenged.”
And GOD shall dwell in Zion.
And in that time,
When I restore the fortunes
Of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.aJehoshaphat Here understood as “GOD contends”; contrast v. 12.
There I will contend with them
Over My very own people, Israel,
Which they scattered among the nations.
For they divided My land among themselves And cast lots over My people;
And they bartered a boy for a whore,
And sold a girl for wine, which they drank.
What is this you are doing to Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the districts of Philistia? Are you requiting Me for something I have done, or are you doing something for My benefit? Quick as a flash, I will pay you back; for you have taken My gold and My silver, and have carried off My precious treasures to your palaces; and you have sold the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem to the Ionians, so that you have removed them far away from their homeland. Behold, I will rouse them to leave the place you have sold them to, and I will pay you back: I will deliver your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them into captivity to a distant nation—for GOD has spoken. Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for battle!
Arouse the warriors,
Let all the fighters come and draw near! Beat your plowsharesbplowshares See note at Isa. 2.4. into swords,
And your pruning hooks into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am strong.” Rouse yourselvescRouse yourselves Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and come,
All you nations;
Come together
From round about.
There bring downdbring down Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Your warriors, O ETERNAL One! Let the nations rouse themselves and march up
To the Valley of Jehoshaphat;eJehoshaphat Here understood as “GOD judges”; contrast v. 2.
For there I will sit in judgment
Over all the nations round about. Swing the sickle,
For the crop is ripe;
Come and tread,
For the winepress is full,
The vats are overflowing!
For great is their wickedness. Multitudes upon multitudes
In the Valley of Decision!
For the day of GOD is at hand
In the Valley of Decision. Sun and moon are darkened,
And stars withdraw their brightness. And GOD will roar from Zion,
And shout aloud from Jerusalem,
So that heaven and earth tremble.
But GOD will be a shelter to this covenanted people,
A refuge to the children of Israel. And you shall know that I the ETERNAL your God
Dwell in Zion, My holy mount.
And Jerusalem shall be holy;
Nevermore shall strangers pass through it. And in that day,
The mountains shall drip with wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the watercourses of Judah shall flow with water;
A spring shall issue from the House of GOD
And shall water the Wadi of the Acacias. Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate waste,
Because of the outrage to the people of Judah,
In whose land they shed the blood of the innocent. But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
And Jerusalem throughout the ages. Thus I will treat as innocent their blood
That I have not treated as innocent;fI will treat as innocent their blood / That I have not treated as innocent Emendation yields “their unavenged blood shall be avenged.”
And GOD shall dwell in Zion.
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Tanach
Reference
Joel 4
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