Joel 3:12

“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.”

"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." - Joel 3:12
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What does Joel 3:12 mean?

In the book of Joel, chapter 3, verse 12, the King James Version of the Bible states, "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." This verse is part of a prophecy by the prophet Joel in which…

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The Valley of Decision: A Call to Awakening and Divine Judgment

The prophet Joel, in Joel 3:12, issues a powerful call: "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." This scripture resonates with the themes of awakening, accountability, and divine judgment…

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A Prayer for Justice and Awakening

Almighty God, our Sovereign Lord, we come before You in reverence and awe, lifting our hearts and minds to You as we reflect on Your Word in the book of Joel. As we consider the profound truth of Joel 3:12, where it is written, "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the…

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Joel 3:12 - "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."
Joel 3 verse 15
1 Chronicles 5:12 - "Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan."
Joel 3:3 - "And 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."
Joel 3:20 - "But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation."
Joel 3:15 - "The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining."
Joel 3:21 - "For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion."
Joel 3:14 - "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision."
Joel 1:3 - "Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."
Joel 3:1 - "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,"
Joel 2:12 - "¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:"
Joel 3:10 - "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."
Joel 3:13 - "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great."
1 Chronicles 7:3 - "And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men."
"Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan." - 1 Chronicles 5:12
Joel 3:5 - "Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:"
Joel 3:6 - "The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border."
Joel 3:19 - "Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land."
"But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation." - Joel 3:20
Joel 3:7 - "Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:"
"The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining." - Joel 3:15
Joel 3:8 - "And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it."
"For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion." - Joel 3:21
Joel 3:9 - "¶ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:"
Joel 3:11 - "Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD."
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim." - Joel 3:18
"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision." - Joel 3:14
"And 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." - Joel 3:3
2 Chronicles 29:12 (KJVA) 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: