19But Egypt will be reduced to weeds in a vacant lot, Edom turned into barren badlands, All because of brutalities to the Judean people, the atrocities and murders of helpless innocents.
20Meanwhile, Judah will be filled with people, Jerusalem inhabited forever.
21The sins I haven''t already forgiven, I''ll forgive." GOD has moved into Zion for good.
Joel 3 brings the book to a dramatic climax, shifting from the locust plague and call to repentance to a vision of final judgment and restoration. The chapter opens with God gathering all nations to the Valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment, holding them accountable for their treatm
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