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Joel 3:14

Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision,.... The same with the valley of Jehoshaphat before mentioned; which shows that not any valley of that name is intended, but a certain place so called…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The prophet continues, as in amazement at the great throng assembling upon one another, “multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision,” as though, whichever way he looked, there were yet more of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joel 3:9-17

What the psalmist had long before ordered to be said among the heathen (Psa 96:10) the prophet here will have in like manner to be published to all nations, That the Lord reigns, and that he comes, he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The prophet already hears in spirit the distant hum of the multitudes thronging tumultously in the valley of decision.

Multitudes The Hebrew term is more picturesque than the English one, and suggests…