KJV King James Version
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.
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Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
WEB World English Bible
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
ASV American Standard Version
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision, For near is the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.
Surrounding context — Joel 3
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness [is] great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Cross-references
Isaiah 34:2-8For the indignation of the LORD [is] upon all nations, and [his] fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.Joel 3:2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.Revelation 16:14-16For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.Joel 1:15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.Revelation 19:19-21And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.Joel 2:1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand;2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.Isaiah 63:1-7Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.Ezekiel 38:8-23After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land [that is] brought back from the sword, [and is] gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.Ezekiel 39:8-20Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this [is] the day whereof I have spoken.Psalm 37:13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
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