Joel 3:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵע֙וֹרוּ֙ וְיַעֲל֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֶל־עֵ֖מֶק יְהֽוֹשָׁפָ֑ט כִּ֣י שָׁ֗ם אֵשֵׁ֛ב לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב

Transliteration

Yēʿôrû and-yaʿălû the-gôyim to-ʿēmeq yəhôšāp̄āṭ for there ʾēšēḇ to-šəpōṭ ʾeṯ-all-the-gôyim from-sāḇîḇ

Grammar Details

*yēʿôrû*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - let them be aroused
*wəyaʿălû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and let them come up
*haggôyim*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the nations
*ʾel-ʿēmeq*: preposition + masculine singular construct - to the valley of
*yəhôšāp̄āṭ*: proper noun - Jehoshaphat
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*šām*: adverb - there
*ʾēšēḇ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will sit
*lišpōṭ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to judge
*ʾeṯ-kāl-haggôyim*: direct object marker + construct + definite article + masculine plural noun - all the nations
*missāḇîḇ*: preposition + adverb - from around/from every side

Word Meanings

*yēʿôrû*: be aroused/be stirred up/be awakened
*yaʿălû*: come up/ascend/go up
*ʿēmeq yəhôšāp̄āṭ*: Valley of Jehoshaphat/Valley of YHWH's judgment
*ʾēšēḇ*: sit/dwell/remain
*šəpōṭ*: judge/govern/vindicate
*missāḇîḇ*: from around/from all sides/surrounding

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Joel 3:2 : 2 I 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.
Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Isa 2:4 : 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Isa 3:13 : 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.
Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Joel 3:14 : 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Mic 4:3 : 3 And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Zech 14:4 : 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
Ps 76:8-9 : 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard{H8689)} from heaven; the earth feared{H8804)}, and was still{H8804)}, 9 When God arose{H8800)} to judgment, to save{H8687)} all the meek of the earth. Selah.
2 Chr 20:26 : 26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Ezek 30:3 : 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ezek 39:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.

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