Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Assemble yourselves - `Hasten' (Maurer).
Thither - to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
Cause thy mighty ones - the warriors who fancy themselves "mighty ones" (Joel 3:10), but who are on that very spot to be overthrown by Yahweh (Maurer). Compare "the mighty men" (Joel 3:9). Rather, Joel speaks of God's really "mighty ones" (His angels), in contrast to the self-called "mighty men" (Joel 3:9; Psalms 103:20; Isaiah 13:3: cf. Daniel 10:13, "The prince (evil angel) of the kingdom of Persia withstood me ... but, lo, Michael one of the chief princes, came to help me"). Auberlen remarks: One prophet supplements the other, for they all prophesied only "in part." What was obscure to one was revealed to the other: what is briefly described by one is more fully so by another. Daniel calls Antichrist a king, and dwells on his worldly conquests; John looks more to his spiritual tyranny, for which reason he adds a second beast, wearing the semblance of spirituality. Antichrist himself is described by Daniel. Isaiah (Isaiah 29:1-8), Joel (Joel 3:1-21), and Zechariah (Zechariah 12:1-14; Zechariah 13:1-9; Zechariah 14:1-21) describe his army of pagan followers coming up against Jerusalem, but not Antichrist himself.