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Joel 3

Joel 3:10

The LORD Judges the Nations · Joel 3:1–16
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Translations

Modern
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
Traditional
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Literal
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
Latin
Concidite aratra vestra in gladios, et ligones vestros in lanceas. Infirmus dicat: Quia fortis ego sum.

Original

Hebrew
English
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

Notes

Joel 3:10

Beat your plowshares into swords: This command deliberately reverses the picture of peace found in Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3. Instead of laying down weapons, the nations were told to prepare for war.

Joel ordered them to gather every possible resource for the coming battle. Even those who were weak and not fit for war were told to become soldiers.

Joel 3:1–16

Here, Joel spoke about God’s coming judgment on the nations, especially those that had oppressed God’s people.

Joel 2:28–3:21

In the distant future, God will restore his people's spiritual lives. He will give his Spirit to all who respond to him with faith. He will judge the peoples and nations that refuse to recognize his authority.

Theme notes and profiles

Holy War The Day of the Lord

Events

Glossary

Book of Joel Last Judgment Valley of Decision Valley of Jehoshaphat Vines, Vineyard

Topics

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Pruning-Hook Hooks for Pruning Joel: Denounces Judgments Against the Enemies of God Plowshare: General Scriptures Concerning Pruning: Pruninghook Spear: Pruning-Hooks Beat Into Spear: Pruning-Hooks Made Into, Before War Sword: Made of Plowshares The Sword in Time of War, Plough Shares Made Into