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For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joel/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision. There the day of the LORD will soon arrive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD <i>is</i> near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD <i>is</i> near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Crowds fill Decision Valley. The judgment day of the LORD will soon be here--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />There are many, many people in the valley of decision. The day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Thousands and thousands are in the Valley of Judgment. It is there that the day of the LORD will soon come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Multitudes, multitudes in the Valley of Judgment! For the Day of the LORD is near in the Valley of Judgment!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision. For the day of the LORD is near, in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the Valley of Decision, "" For near [is] the Day of YHWH in the Valley of Decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision, For near is the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of judgment: for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of judgment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Nations, nations in the valley of being cut to pieces: for the day of the Lord fittingly takes place in the valley of being cut to pieces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Crowds upon crowds in the Valley of Decision; For near is the day of the LORD in the Valley of Decision. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />An uproar and tumult in the valley of decision; for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Uproars of uproars in the valley of the judgments, because the day of LORD JEHOVAH is near in the valley of the judgments<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/3-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=739" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">The LORD Judges the Nations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: hă·mō·w·nîm (N-mp) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">Multitudes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: hă·mō·w·nîm (N-mp) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">multitudes</a> <a href="/hebrew/6010.htm" title="6010: bə·‘ê·meq (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A vale. From amaq; a vale.">in the valley</a> <a href="/hebrew/2742.htm" title="2742: he·ḥā·rūṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager.">of decision!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the Day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7138.htm" title="7138: qā·rō·wḇ (Adj-ms) -- Near. Or qarob; from qarab; near.">is near</a> <a href="/hebrew/6010.htm" title="6010: bə·‘ê·meq (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A vale. From amaq; a vale.">in the valley</a> <a href="/hebrew/2742.htm" title="2742: he·ḥā·rūṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager.">of decision.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-15.htm">Revelation 14:15-20</a></span><br />Then another angel came out of the temple, crying out in a loud voice to the One seated on the cloud, “Swing Your sickle and reap, because the time has come to harvest, for the crop of the earth is ripe.” / So the One seated on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested. / Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-39.htm">Matthew 13:39-42</a></span><br />and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. / As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. / The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Isaiah 34:1-8</a></span><br />Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it. / The 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. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a></span><br />The great Day of the LORD is near—near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. / That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-14.htm">Revelation 16:14-16</a></span><br />These 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. / “Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.” / And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who 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.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Jeremiah 25:31-33</a></span><br />The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD. / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” / Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30-31</a></span><br />At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-6.htm">Isaiah 13:6-9</a></span><br />Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty. / Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt. / Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Obadiah 1:15-16</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. / For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-12.htm">Revelation 6:12-17</a></span><br />And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, / and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind. / The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/30-3.htm">Ezekiel 30:3</a></span><br />For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-1.htm">Daniel 12:1-2</a></span><br />“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. / And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.</p><p class="hdg">multitudes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/3-2.htm">Joel 3:2</a></b></br> 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 <i>for</i> my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-8</a></b></br> For the indignation of the LORD <i>is</i> upon all nations, and <i>his</i> fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-7</a></b></br> Who <i>is</i> this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this <i>that is</i> glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save… </p><p class="hdg">decision.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Philippians 3:2</a></b></br> Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.</p><p class="hdg">or, threshing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/2-1.htm">Joel 2:1</a></b></br> Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for <i>it is</i> nigh at hand;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/37-13.htm">Psalm 37:13</a></b></br> The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_peter/3-7.htm">2 Peter 3:7</a></b></br> But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/3-3.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/joel/3-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/hosea/12-11.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Multitudes</a> <a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/amos/1-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/matthew/5-1.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/matthew/4-25.htm">Multitudes</a> <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">Valley</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-1.htm">God's judgments against the enemies of his people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-9.htm">God will be known in his judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm">His blessing upon the church.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joel/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the vast number of people gathered in a significant location. The "valley of decision" is often identified with the Valley of Jehoshaphat, a symbolic place of judgment. The repetition of "multitudes" underscores the enormity and urgency of the situation. In biblical context, this gathering represents nations being brought together for divine judgment. The imagery of a valley suggests a low point or a place where decisions are made, reflecting the gravity of the impending judgment. This scene is reminiscent of other biblical gatherings for judgment, such as in <a href="/revelation/16-16.htm">Revelation 16:16</a>, where nations are gathered at Armageddon.<p><b>For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.</b><br>The "Day of the LORD" is a recurring theme in prophetic literature, signifying a time of God's intervention in human history, often associated with judgment and salvation. The nearness of this day indicates its imminence and the urgency for repentance and readiness. The "valley of decision" here serves as a metaphorical setting for God's final judgment, where decisions are rendered, and destinies are sealed. This concept is echoed in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-18</a>, which also speaks of the Day of the LORD as a time of wrath and distress. The phrase calls to mind the ultimate accountability before God, urging individuals and nations to consider their standing before Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/multitudes.htm">Multitudes</a></b><br>Represents the vast number of people gathered for judgment. This term emphasizes the enormity of the event and the countless individuals involved.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/valley_of_decision.htm">Valley of Decision</a></b><br>A symbolic location where God will execute judgment. The Hebrew word for "decision" (charuts) can also mean "sharp" or "decisive," indicating the finality and seriousness of the judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/day_of_the_lord.htm">Day of the LORD</a></b><br>A significant biblical event characterized by God's intervention in human history, often associated with judgment and salvation. It is a recurring theme throughout the prophetic books.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_decision.htm">The Urgency of Decision</a></b><br>The "valley of decision" underscores the urgency for individuals to choose whom they will serve. In light of the coming Day of the LORD, the time for decision is now.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_judgment.htm">God's Sovereign Judgment</a></b><br>The passage reminds us of God's ultimate authority and the certainty of His judgment. It calls believers to live in reverence and readiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The impending judgment serves as a call to repentance, urging people to turn from sin and seek God's mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_for_the_faithful.htm">Hope for the Faithful</a></b><br>While the Day of the LORD is a day of judgment, it also holds hope for those who are faithful, as it brings the fulfillment of God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_eternal_perspective.htm">Living with Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>This verse encourages believers to live with an eternal perspective, prioritizing spiritual matters over temporal concerns.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_choice_shapes_the_valley's_future.htm">What choice will determine the future in the valley?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_scientifically_view_joel_3_15_signs.htm">How should we interpret the cosmic signs in Joel 3:15 from a scientific perspective, given no known natural phenomena match this description? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_damascus.htm">What is the significance of Kidron Valley?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_global_event_for_isaiah_2_10-22.htm">Why does Isaiah 2:10–22 warn of a “day of the Lord” that would humble humanity, yet historical records do not clearly show a global cataclysm aligning with this prophecy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Multitudes.</span>--The command has gone forth; it is obeyed; and the prophet stands aghast at the vast multitudes assembling in the valley of decision, the place of judgment.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - This and the following verses, instead of expressly narrating the execution of the Divine command, present a <span class="accented">picture</span> of it. In one part the prophet sees in vision and shows us pictorially the multitudes of the nations pouring on in one continuous stream into the fatal valley. In another compartment of the picture, Jehovah is seen in the awfulness of his majesty and in the fearfulness of his judgments on the wicked, while he is a Refuge and Strength for his people. <span class="cmt_word">Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision.</span> These multitudes are the tumultuous masses. <span class="accented">Hamon</span> is from the root <span class="hebrew">הָמָה</span>, to be noisy, or tumultuous. "It is identical," says Pusey, "with our ' hum; ' then noise, and, among others, the hum of a multitude, then a multitude even apart from that noise. It is used of the throng of a large army." The repetition emphasizes the masses as <span class="accented">pits</span>, <span class="accented">pits</span>, equivalent to "nothing but pits;" or <span class="accented">ditches</span>, <span class="accented">ditches</span>, equivalent to "full of ditches;" or it expresses diversity, equivalent to "multitudes of the living and multitudes of the dead." <span class="accented">Decision</span> is <span class="accented">charuts</span>, cut, something decided; <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> so sharp, <span class="accented">severe judgment</span>, from <span class="accented">chafers</span>, to cut into, sharpen, dig. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> Others understand it in the sense of a <span class="accented">threshing-wain</span>, equivalent to <span class="accented">charuts morag</span>, a sharpened threshing-instrument. All things being now ready, the immediate proximity of the judgment is announced to be at hand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/3-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Multitudes,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲמוֹנִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(hă·mō·w·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">multitudes</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲמוֹנִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hă·mō·w·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the valley</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵ֖מֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·meq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6010.htm">Strong's 6010: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vale</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of decision!</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽחָר֑וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·rūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2742.htm">Strong's 2742: </a> </span><span class="str2">Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Day</span><br /><span class="heb">י֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is near</span><br /><span class="heb">קָרוֹב֙</span> <span class="translit">(qā·rō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7138.htm">Strong's 7138: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the valley</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵ֖מֶק</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·meq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6010.htm">Strong's 6010: </a> </span><span class="str2">A vale</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of decision.</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחָרֽוּץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·rūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2742.htm">Strong's 2742: </a> </span><span class="str2">Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/3-14.htm">Joel 3:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/3-14.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 3:14 Multitudes multitudes in the valley of decision! 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