Joel 3

Joel 3 is the third (and last) chapter of the Book of Joel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.^[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Joel, and is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.^[3][4]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text (10th century)
• Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[5]
  • 4Q78 (4QXII^c): extant: verses 6, 8‑10, 12‑14, 16‑19, 21^[5]
  • 4Q82 (4QXII^g): extant: verses 4‑5, 7‑9, 11‑15, 17, 19‑20^[5]
  • MS 4612/1: extant: verses 1‑4^[5]
  • Wadi Murabba’at Minor Prophets (MurXII): extant: verses 1‑16^[5]

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• Joel 3:1-17 = God Judges the Nations
• Joel 3:18-21 = God Blesses His People

Verse 16

The Lord also will roar from Zion,

And utter His voice from Jerusalem;

The heavens and earth will shake;

But the Lord will be a shelter for His people,

And the strength of the children of Israel.^[6]

Cross reference: Ezekiel 38:18-22

The victories of the Jews over Antiochus, under the Maccabees, may be a reference of this prophecy; but the ultimate reference is to the last Antichrist, of whom Antiochus was the type. Jerusalem being the central seat of the theocracy (Psalm 132:13), it is from thence that Jehovah discomfits the foe.^[7]

• "roar" — as a lion (Jeremiah 25:30; Amos 1:2; 3:8). Compare as to Jehovah's voice thundering, Psalm 18:13; Habakkuk 3:10, 11.^[7]

Verse 21

"For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted;

For the Lord dwells in Zion."^[8]

See also

• Jehosaphat
• Judah
• Kidron
• Megiddo
• Philistines
• Sidon
• Shittim
• Tyre
• Zion
• Related Bible parts: Genesis 15, Isaiah 23, Ezekiel 26, Amos 1, Revelation 16

References

External links

Wikisource has original text related to this article: Joel

Look up Joel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Jewish translations:
  • Joel (Judaica Press) translation with Rashi's commentary at Chabad.org
• Christian translations:
  • Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
• Joel public domain audiobook at LibriVox Various versions