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Green's Literal Translation
Joel 3:9
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Announce this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the strong men! Let all the men of war come near. Let them come up!
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for holy war; stir up the warriors! Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up!
Announce this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the soldiers! Let all the men of war come near and attack.
Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack!
Proclaim this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
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:
Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations: Prepare a war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war come near, let them come up!
Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war. Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
Crye ye this thing among hethene men, halewe ye batel, reise ye stronge men; alle men werriours, neiy, and stie.
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.
Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Say to the nations: "Get ready for war! Be eager to fight. Line up for battle and prepare to attack.
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.
Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.
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.
Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
[4:9] 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.
Proclaime ye this among the gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men, let all the men of warre draw neere, let them come vp.
Say to the nations far and wide: "Get ready for war! Call out your best warriors. Let all your fighting men advance for the attack.
Make this known among the nations: Get ready for war! Call your strong men! Gather all the soldiers and let them come up!
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the warriors. Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up.
Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.
Proclaim this among the Gentiles: Get ready for war, stir up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.
Proclaim ye this, among the nations, Hallow a war, rouse the mighty ones, let them draw near, come up, all the men of war!
Proclaim ye this among the nations: Prepare war, raise up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war, stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
Publishe this thyng among the gentiles, proclayme warre, wake vp the mightie men, let all the men of warre drawe neare and come vp.
Proclaim these things among the Gentiles; declare war, arouse the warriors, draw near and go up, all ye men of war.
"Make this announcement among the nations: ‘Prepare for war; call your warriors; gather all your soldiers and march!
Proclaim this among the nations:Prepare for holy war;rouse the warriors;let all the men of war advance and attack!
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war. Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
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:
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty warriors; let them approach and come up; let all the men of war approach.
Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.
Crie out these thinges amonge the Gentiles, proclame warre, wake vp the giauntes, let them drawe nye, let the come vp all the lusty warryours of the.
Announce this to the godless nations: Prepare for battle! Soldiers at attention! Present arms! Advance! Turn your shovels into swords, turn your hoes into spears. Let the weak one throw out his chest and say, "I'm tough, I'm a fighter." Hurry up, pagans! Wherever you are, get a move on! Get your act together. Prepare to be shattered by God !
Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up.
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!
Call out this message among the nations:Set yourselves apart for a war; rouse the mighty men!Let all the men of war approach, let them come up!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proclaim: Psalms 96:10, Isaiah 34:1, Jeremiah 31:10, Jeremiah 50:2
Prepare: Heb. sanctify, Ezekiel 21:21, Ezekiel 21:22
wake: Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Jeremiah 46:3, Jeremiah 46:4, Ezekiel 38:7
Reciprocal: Joshua 9:2 - gathered 2 Samuel 3:6 - Abner 1 Kings 20:22 - strengthen 2 Chronicles 25:8 - be strong Isaiah 24:21 - the Lord Isaiah 34:2 - the indignation Isaiah 37:22 - hath despised Isaiah 41:6 - of good courage Isaiah 45:21 - Tell ye Isaiah 54:15 - they shall Isaiah 57:3 - draw Jeremiah 6:4 - Prepare Jeremiah 46:14 - Stand Jeremiah 51:12 - the standard Ezekiel 38:17 - whom Amos 4:4 - Come Micah 4:3 - and rebuke Micah 5:1 - gather Nahum 2:1 - keep Nahum 3:14 - fortify Zephaniah 3:8 - to gather Haggai 2:7 - I will shake Zechariah 14:3 - General Acts 4:26 - kings Revelation 11:18 - the nations Revelation 16:16 - he Revelation 19:19 - I saw
Cross-References
And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she has given to me of the tree, and I ate.
And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
And He said to the man, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat from it, the ground shall be cursed because of you; you shall eatof it in sorrow all the days of your life.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. For you have been taken out of it; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
And the man called the name of his wife, Eve; because she became the mother of all living.
And Jehovah God made coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them.
And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?
And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of Adam had built.
And He said, Hagar, Sarai's slave-girl, where did you come from? And where do you go? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress, Sarai.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles,.... This decree of God, concerning the deliverance of his church; and the destruction of their enemies; which is to be proclaimed among them, to the terror of them, and the comfort of God's people, encouraging them to the battle, since they might be sure of victory; for the prophet here returns to give an account of the armies to be gathered together, and to be destroyed in the valley of Jehoshaphat, as appears from Joel 3:12; and to this end heralds are here ordered to make proclamation of war throughout the nations, and to gather them to the battle of Almighty God; whether seriously, or ironically, may be considered; what follows seems to be spoken in the latter way, to the enemies of the church; though they may be interpreted as spoken seriously to the people of God themselves:
prepare war; get all things ready for it, men and arms:
wake up the mighty men; generals, captains, and other officers, men of strength and courage; let them arouse from the sleep and lethargy in which they are, and get themselves in a readiness for war, and put themselves at the head of their troops:
let all the men of war draw near, let them come up; to the land of Judea, and to Jerusalem; that is, either the Christian powers with their armies, to defend Jerusalem against the Turks, and deliver it out of their hands; let them appear on the behalf of the Jews: or else let the enemies of Christ's church and people come up against them, even the most powerful of them; let them muster up all their forces, and do the most they can, they shall not prevail.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles - God having before said that He would “gather all nations,” now, by a solemn irony, bids them prepare, if, by any means, they can fight against Him. So in Isaiah; “Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand, for God is with us” (Isaiah 8:9-10; see also Ezekiel 38:7-23).
Prepare - Literally, “hallow, war.” To “hallow war” was to make it holy, either in appearance or in truth, as the prophet bade them, “sanctify a fast,” i. e., keep it holily. So God calls the Medes, whom He employed against Babylon, “My sanctified ones” Isaiah 13:0, and bids, “sanctify the nations against her” Jeremiah 51:27; and the enemies of Judah encourage themselves, “sanctify ye war against her” Jeremiah 6:4; and Micah says, that whosover bribed not the false prophets, “they sanctify war against him” Micah 3:5, i. e., proclaim war against him in the Name of God. The enemies of God, of His people, of His truth, declare war against all, in the Name of God. The Jews would have stoned our Lord for blasphemy, and, at the last, they condemned Him as guilty of it. “He hath spoken blasphemy. What further need have we of witttesses? behold, now ye have heard His blasphemy” Matthew 26:65. And He foretold to His disciples, “Whosoever killeth you, will think he doeth God service” John 16:2.
Stephen was persecuted for speaking “blasphemous words against Moses and against God, this holy place and the law” Acts 6:11, Acts 6:13. Paul was persecuted for “persuading people to worship God contrary to the law and polluting this holy place” Acts 18:13; Acts 21:28; Acts 24:6. Antichrist shall set himself up as God, “so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God” 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Heretics and unbelievers declaim against the Gospel, as though it, and not themselves, were opposed to the holiness and Majesty and love of God. The Gnostics of old spake against the Creator in the Name of God. Arians affected reverence for the glory of God , being, on their own mis-belief, idolaters or polytheists . The Apollinarians charged the Church with ascribing to our Lord a sinful soul, as though the soul must needs be such , find themselves held the Godhead to have been united to a soulless, and so a brute, nature.
Manichaeans accused her of making God the author of evil, and themselves, as do Pantheists now, invented a god who sinned . Novatians and Donatists accused the Church of laxity. Pelagians charged her with denying the perfectibility of man’s nature, themselves denying the grace whereby it is perfected. Muhammed arrayed the truth of the Unity of God against His Being in Three Persons, and fought against the truth as idolatry. Some now array “Theism,” i. e., truths as to God which they have stolen from Holy Scripture, against the belief in God as He has revealed Himself. Indeed, no imposture ever long held its ground against truth, unless it masked itself under some truth of God which it perverted, and so “hallowed” its “war” against God in the Name of God.
Wake up the mighty men - Arouse them, as if their former state had been a state of sleep; arouse all their dormant powers, all within them, that they may put forth all their strength, if so be they may prevail against God.
Let all the men of war draw near - , as if to contend, and close, as it were, with God and His people (see 1 Samuel 17:41. 2 Samuel 10:13), as, on the other hand, God says, “I will come near to you to judgment” (Malachi 3:5; see Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 50:8). “Let them come up” into His very presence. Even while calling them to fulfill this their vain purpose of striving with God, the prophet keeps in mind, into whose presence they are summoned, and so calls them to “come up,” as to a place of dignity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. Prepare war — Let all the enemies of God and of his people join together; let them even call all the tillers of the ground to their assistance, instead of labouring in the field; let every peasant become a soldier. Let them turn their agricultural implements into offensive weapons, so that the weak, being well armed, may confidently say, I am strong: yet, when thus collected and armed, Jehovah will bring down thy mighty ones; for so the clause in Joel 3:11 should be rendered.
