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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Green's Literal Translation

Joel 3:11

Gather yourselves and come, all you nations; and gather yourselves together all around. O Jehovah, bring down Your mighty ones.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Egypt;   Joel;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Day of the Lord;   Enemies;   Gathering;   Gentiles/heathen;   Harvest;   Israel/jews;   Judges;   Nations;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heathen, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   Joel, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Thessalonians Epistles to the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoshaphat (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Haste;   Joel (2);  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
All you nations, hurry! Come together in that place. Lord , bring your strong soldiers.
New American Standard Bible
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, Your warriors.
New Century Version
All of you nations, hurry, and come together in that place. Lord , send your soldiers to gather the nations.
New English Translation
Lend your aid and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves to that place." Bring down, O Lord , your warriors!
Update Bible Version
Hurry, and come, all you nations round about, and gather yourselves together: there cause your mighty ones to come down, O Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together around: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Amplified Bible
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there; Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones (Your warriors).
English Standard Version
Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord .
World English Bible
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Alle folkis, breke ye out, and come fro cumpas, and be ye gaderid togidere; there the Lord schal make thi stronge men to die.
English Revised Version
Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
Contemporary English Version
Hurry, all you nations! Come quickly. Ask the Lord to bring his warriors along.
American Standard Version
Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord.
Complete Jewish Bible
class="poetry"> "After this, I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions; and also on male and female slaves in those days I will pour out my Spirit. I will show wonders in the sky and on earth — blood, fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and terrible Day of Adonai ." At that time, whoever calls on the name of Adonai will be saved. For in Mount Tziyon and Yerushalayim there will be those who escape, as Adonai has promised; among the survivors will be those whom Adonai has called.
Darby Translation
Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
[4:11] Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together; thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD!
King James Version (1611)
Assemble your selues, and come all ye heathen, and gather your selues together round about: thither cause thy mightie ones to come downe, O Lord.
New Living Translation
Come quickly, all you nations everywhere. Gather together in the valley." And now, O Lord , call out your warriors!
New Life Bible
Hurry and come, all you nations on every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down Your men of war, O Lord.
New Revised Standard
Come quickly, all you nations all around, gather yourselves there. Bring down your warriors, O Lord .
Geneva Bible (1587)
Assemble your selues, and come all yee heathen and gather your selues together round about: there shall the Lord cast downe the mightie men.
George Lamsa Translation
Assemble yourselves, and come; all you nations round about, draw near; and there will the LORD break your might.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Give help - and come in, all ye nations on every side, and gather yourselves together, - Thither, bring down, O Yahweh, thy mighty ones!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Break forth, and come, all ye nations from round about, and gather yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to fall down.
Revised Standard Version
Hasten and come, all you nations round about, gather yourselves there. Bring down thy warriors, O LORD.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Assemble your selues and come all you heathen, and gather your selues together rounde about, there shall the Lord cast downe thy mightie men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Gather yourselves together, and go in, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves there; let the timid become a warrior.
Good News Translation
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather in the valley.'" Send down, O Lord , your army to attack them!
Christian Standard Bible®
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations;gather yourselves.Bring down your warriors there, Lord.
Hebrew Names Version
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves together." Cause your mighty ones to come down there, LORD.
King James Version
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord .
Lexham English Bible
Hurry and come, all the nations, from all around, and gather yourselves there. Bring down your mighty warriors, O Yahweh!
Young's Literal Translation
Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Mustre you, and come, all ye Heithe roude aboute: gather you together, there shall the LORDE laye all thy giauntes to the grounde.
New King James Version
Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones.
Legacy Standard Bible
Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations,And gather yourselves.There, bring down, O Yahweh, Your mighty ones.

Contextual Overview

9 Proclaim this among the nations: Sanctify a war; awaken the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong. 11 Gather yourselves and come, all you nations; and gather yourselves together all around. O Jehovah, bring down Your mighty ones. 12 Let the nations be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the nations all around. 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down, for the press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall gather in their light. 16 And Jehovah roars from Zion, and He gives His voice from Jerusalem. And the heavens and the earth quake. But Jehovah is a refuge for His people and a fortress to the sons of Israel. 17 And you shall know that I am Jehovah your God dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be a holy thing, and aliens shall no more pass through her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Assemble: Joel 3:2, Ezekiel 38:9-18, Micah 4:12, Zephaniah 3:8, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Revelation 16:14-16, Revelation 19:19, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:8, Revelation 20:9

cause: etc. or, the Lord shall bring down thy mighty ones, mighty. Psalms 103:20, Isaiah 10:34, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 37:36, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Revelation 19:14

Reciprocal: Judges 4:7 - And I 2 Kings 10:21 - And they came Isaiah 41:1 - let the people Isaiah 43:9 - all the Ezekiel 30:3 - the time Obadiah 1:15 - the day Zechariah 14:5 - and all

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And He said, What have you done? The voice of the blood of your brother cries to Me from the ground.
Psalms 50:21
You have done these things , and I have kept silence; you thought that surely I would be like you; but I will rebuke you and set in order before your eyes.
Romans 3:20
Because by works of Law not one of all flesh will be justified before Him, for through Law is full knowledge of sin. Psa. 143:2

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Assemble yourselves,.... From divers parts into one place: "be ye gathered"; or "gather yourselves together", as the Targum and Kimchi; get together in a body, muster up all the forces you can collect together, Jarchi, from Menachem, by the change of a letter, renders it, "make ye haste"; lose time in preparing for this battle; get men, and arms for them, as fast as you can; be as expeditious as possible:

and come, all ye Heathen; antichristian nations, Mahometan or Papal; which latter, especially, are sometimes called Heathen and Gentiles, because of the Heathenish rites introduced into their worship,

Psalms 10:16;

and gather yourselves round about: from all parts, to the valley of Jehoshaphat or Armageddon, Revelation 16:14; this is spoken ironically to them, to use their utmost endeavours to get most powerful armies against the people of God, which would be of no avail, but issue in their own destruction; or it may signify what should be done by the providence of God, bringing such large numbers of them together to their own ruin:

thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord; which is a prayer of the prophet, or of the church, to God, that he would send down his mighty ones, the angels that excel in strength, and destroy this great army thus gathered together, as an angel in one night destroyed the army of Sennacherib. So Kimchi and Aben Ezra interpret if of angels, and many other interpreters; but perhaps it may be better to understand it of Christian princes and their forces, those armies clothed in white, and riding on white horses, in token of victory; with Christ at the head of them, Revelation 19:14; who may be said to be caused to "come down"; because, being assembled shall go down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, where their enemies are gathered together, and discomfit them, The Targum is,

"there the Lord shall, break the strength of their strong ones.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Once more all the enemies of God are summoned together. “Assemble yourselves,” (Others in the same sense render, “Haste ye,) and come, all ye pagan, round about,” literally “from round about,” i. e., from every side, so as to compass and hem in the people of God, and then, when the net had been, as it were, drawn closer and closer round them, and no way of escape is left, the prophet prays God to send His aid; “thither cause Thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.” Against “the mighty ones” of the earth, or “the weak” who “say” they are “mighty,” (the same word is used throughout,) there “come down the mighty ones of God.” The “mighty ones of God,” whom He is prayed to “cause to come down,” i. e., from heaven, can be no other than the mighty angels, of whom it is said, they “are mighty in strength” Psalms 103:20 (still the same word,) to whom God gives “charge over” Psalms 91:11. His own, “to keep” them “in all” their “ways,” and one of whom, in this place, killed “one hundred and fourscore and five thousand” 2 Kings 19:35 of the Assyrians. So our Lord saith, “The Son of man shall send forth His Angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and them that do iniquity” Matthew 13:41.


 
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