Joel 3:9
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.This verse in the real world
In what words
- עוּרʻûwrto wake (literally or figuratively)
- נָגַשׁnâgashto be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a
- קָדַשׁqâdashto be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrpowerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâha battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- גּוֹיgôwya foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of
- אֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsha man in general (singly or collectively)
- קָרָאqârâʼto call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 46:3–4, Jer 31:10, Ezk 38:7, Isa 8:9–10, Ezk 21:21–22, Jer 50:2, Psa 96:10, Isa 34:1