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Joel 3
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1And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
1For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2And on my servants and on [my] handmaids in those days will I pour out of my Spirit.
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.
3And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.
3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.
4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5And it shall come to pass [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the Lord has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the Lord has called.
5Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: