Cross references

Joel 3:2

I will gather all the nations

and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.

There I will enter into judgment against them

concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel,

whom they have scattered among the nations

as they divided up My land.

Joel 3:2 BSB
  1. a Jehoshaphat means the LORD judges; also in verse 12.

Joel 3:2 has 24 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 14:2–4 (9 votes) and Isaiah 66:16 (8 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Leviticus 25 to Revelation 20.

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Which verses does Joel 3:2 point to?

The 20 strongest of 24, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle. …

  2. For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

  3. Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

  4. I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.

  5. 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.

  6. Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

  7. And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.

  8. Joel 3:123 votes

    Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.

  9. On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured. On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.

  10. And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

  11. On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

  12. Amos 1:112 votes

Which verses point to Joel 3:2?

The 10 strongest of 24.