Synecdoche<\/a>,” LitCharts]. It Joel, “all nations” represents all the nations involved in the oppression of Israel.<\/p>\nEven if you want to argue that it is literally every nation, realize that this is a judgment and those not involved would be judged “not guilty.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Greetings! In Joel 3:2, why are “all nations” judged when not all nations participated in the oppressions? Or is this eschatological? Thanks. Answer: “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[1449,410,76],"class_list":["post-84705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-figures-of-speech","tag-judgment","tag-terminology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24964,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-is-both-the-king-of-babylon-and-jesus-called-the-morning-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":84705,"position":0},"title":"Why is both the king of Babylon and Jesus called the morning star?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Could you explain to me Isaiah 14:12-15? 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