Joel 3:14 Meaning
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Context Explained
12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Matthew 24:21
Jesus speaks of a great tribulation, similar to the urgency in the valley of decision.
Revelation 14:15
The imagery of harvest and decision is echoed in the Revelation passage.
Hebrews 9:27
This verse emphasizes the finality of judgment, akin to the decision in Joel.
Source: Joel 3:14