Joel 1:11

1:11 Be distressed, ¹  farmers;

wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley.

For the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 3:5-6

3:5 For you took my silver and my gold

and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces. ² 

3:6 You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks,

removing them far from their own country. ³ 

Joel 3:11

3:11 Lend your aid ⁴  and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves ⁵  to that place.”

Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! ⁶ 

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “embarrassed”; or “be ashamed.”

[3:5]  ² tn Or perhaps, “temples.”

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “border.”

[3:11]  ⁴ tn This Hebrew verb is found only here in the OT; its meaning is uncertain. Some scholars prefer to read here עוּרוּ (’uru, “arouse”) or חוּשׁוּ (khushu, “hasten”).

[3:11]  ⁵ tc The present translation follows the reading of the imperative הִקָּבְצוּ (hiqqavÿtsu) rather than the perfect with vav (ו) consecutive וְנִקְבָּצוּ (vÿniqbbatsu) of the MT.

[3:11]  ⁶ tc Some commentators prefer to delete the line “Bring down, O Lord, your warriors,” understanding it to be a later addition. But this is unnecessary. Contrary to what some have suggested, a prayer for the Lord’s intervention is not out of place here.