Passage Research
Joel 3 — Sermon Preparation
God gathers the nations to the valley of Jehoshaphat for final judgment over their treatment of Israel, and the LORD reigns from Zion forever. Below is a research summary for Joel 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 21
- verses
- 270 / 154
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Joel 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 7 | nation, a Gentile |
| מָכַר | mâkar | H4376 | 5 | sell, surrender |
| יְהוּדָה | Yᵉhûwdâh | H3063 | 6 | Jehudah |
| עֵמֶק | ʻêmeq | H6010 | 4 | vale |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 5 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| גְּמוּל | gᵉmûwl | H1576 | 3 | treatment, act |
| עוּר | ʻûwr | H5782 | 3 | wake |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Joel 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“21. For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion. 21. Et mundabo sanguinem corum, non mundavi: et Jehova habitans in Sion. The beginning of the verse is in various ways explained. Some make a stop after cleanse thus, "I will cleanse, yet their blood I will not cleanse;" as though God had said, that he would forgive heathen nations all their other wrongs, but could not forgive them the great cruelty they had exercised against his elect. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Joel, Amos, Obadiah, on Joel 3:21–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Joel 3:1
- Valley of Jehoshaphat— Joel 3:12
- Valley of Decision— Joel 3:14
- Zion— Joel 3:16
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