Yoel 3:6-7

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

removing them far from their own country. ¹ 

3:7 Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them.

I will repay you for what you have done! ² 

Yoel 3:11

3:11 Lend your aid ³  and come,

all you surrounding nations,

and gather yourselves ⁴  to that place.”

Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! ⁵ 

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “border.”

[3:7]  ² tn Heb “I will return your recompense on your head.”

[3:11]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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.