Discovery BoxJoel 3:11-12 
Context3:11 Lend your aid 1 and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves 2 to that place.”
Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! 3
3:12 Let the nations be roused and let them go up
to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.
1 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”).
2 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 tc Some commentators prefer to delete the line “Bring down, O
