Joel Chapter 2
2:1 | Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the ![]() |
2:2 | A ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2:3 | A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land [is] as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; ![]() |
2:4 | The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. |
2:5 | Like the noise of ![]() |
2:6 | Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. |
2:7 | They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: |
2:8 | Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and [when] they fall upon the ![]() |
2:9 | They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the ![]() |
2:10 | The ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2:11 | And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp [is] very great: for [he is] strong that executeth his word: for the ![]() |
2:12 | Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: |
2:13 | And rend your heart, and not your ![]() ![]() |
2:14 | Who knoweth [if] he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a ![]() ![]() |
2:15 | Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: |
2:16 | Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. |
2:17 | Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God? |
2:18 | Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. |
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2:20 | But I will remove far off from you the northern [army], and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. |
2:21 | Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will ![]() |
2:22 | Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness ![]() ![]() |
2:23 | Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month]. |
2:24 | And the floors shall be full of ![]() ![]() |
2:25 | And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. |
2:26 | And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. |
2:27 | And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of ![]() |
2:28 | And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my ![]() ![]() |
2:29 | And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those ![]() ![]() |
2:30 | And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the ![]() |
2:31 | The ![]() ![]() |
2:32 | And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in ![]() |