Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Parallel translations
- WEB Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
- KJV Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
- NKJV Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
- NASB Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
- NLT Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. There the day of the Lord will soon arrive.
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Quick answer
Multitudes gather in the valley of decision as the day of Yahweh draws near. The crowds stand at the threshold of God's decisive judgment.
Overview
Joel beholds vast throngs in the 'valley of decision,' a name stressing the verdict God is about to render. The repeated 'multitudes' conveys the enormous scope of the judgment as the day of Yahweh approaches. This scene of nations awaiting God's sentence underscores the certainty and gravity of final judgment, pressing all to find refuge in the Lord.
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Cross-references · 12
- Joel 3:2I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
- Isa 34:2–8The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
- Rev 16:14–16These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
- Phil 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- 2 Pet 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Rev 19:19–21Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.
- Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- Isa 63:1–7Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Ezek 38:8–23After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
- Ezek 39:8–20Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.
- Ps 37:13but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming.
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